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+# - Find OPM materials library
+#
+# Defines the following variables:
+#   opm-material_INCLUDE_DIRS    Directory of header files
+#   opm-material_LIBRARIES       Directory of shared object files
+#   opm-material_DEFINITIONS     Defines that must be set to compile
+#   opm-material_CONFIG_VARS     List of defines that should be in config.h
+#   HAVE_OPM_MATERIAL            Binary value to use in config.h
+
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Uni Research AS
+# This code is licensed under The GNU General Public License v3.0
+
+# use the generic find routine
+include (opm-material-prereqs)
+include (OpmPackage)
+find_opm_package (
+  # module name
+  "opm-material"
+
+  # dependencies
+  "${opm-material_DEPS}"
+
+  # header to search for
+  "opm/material/constants.hh"
+
+  # library to search for
+  ""
+
+  # defines to be added to compilations
+  ""
+
+  # test program
+"#include <opm/material/constants.hh>
+int main (void) {
+  double c = Opm::Constants<double>::c;
+  return 0;  
+}
+"
+  # config variables
+  "${opm-material_CONFIG_VAR}"
+  )
+include (UseDynamicBoost)
+#debug_find_vars ("opm-material")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
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+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-material_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_NULLPTR
+	HAVE_ARRAY
+	HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
+	HAS_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
+	HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED
+	HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED_MSG
+	HAVE_CONSTEXPR
+	HAVE_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT
+	HAVE_STATIC_ASSERT
+	HAVE_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
+	HAVE_VARIADIC_CONSTRUCTOR_SFINAE
+	HAVE_RVALUE_REFERENCES
+	HAVE_TUPLE
+	HAVE_TR1_TUPLE
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-material_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features REQUIRED"
+	# DUNE dependency
+	"dune-common"
+	"dune-istl"
+	)