# How to vend dependency information/configuration

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-vend-dependency-information-configuration/10319
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-vend-dependency-information-configuration/10319 "2024-03-07T19:35:42Z")
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### Author: ![dabrahams](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/dabrahams/32/4265_2.png) [@dabrahams](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/dabrahams)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-vend-dependency-information-configuration/10319/4 "2024-03-11T18:38:29Z")

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It occurs to me that the only good way to share these workarounds I’m talking about might be to vend a collection of `FindXXX.cmake` files for dependencies from a separate repository than the dependencies themselves.

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