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+# http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2006-October/011446.html
+# Modified to use pkg config and use standard var names
+
+#
+# Find the CppUnit includes and library
+#
+# This module defines
+# CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find tiff.h, etc.
+# CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES, the libraries to link against to use CppUnit.
+# CPPUNIT_FOUND, If false, do not try to use CppUnit.
+
+INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PC_CPPUNIT "cppunit")
+
+FIND_PATH(CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIRS
+    NAMES cppunit/TestCase.h
+    HINTS ${PC_CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    PATHS
+    /usr/local/include
+    /usr/include
+)
+
+FIND_LIBRARY(CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES
+    NAMES cppunit
+    HINTS ${PC_CPPUNIT_LIBDIR}
+    PATHS
+    ${CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../lib
+    /usr/local/lib
+    /usr/lib
+)
+
+LIST(APPEND CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(CPPUNIT DEFAULT_MSG CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIRS)