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authorQuazi Irfan <quazirfan@gmail.com>2019-06-10 12:57:17 -0500
committerPhil Christensen <philc@microsoft.com>2019-06-10 10:57:17 -0700
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Added instruction about libraries not available in vcpkg catalog (#6718)
* Add instruction for library unavailable in vcpkg catalog
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The best way to use installed libraries with CMake is via the toolchain file `sc
In Visual Studio, you can create a New Project (or open an existing one). All installed libraries are immediately ready to be `#include`'d and used in your project without additional configuration.
-For more information, see our [using a package](docs/examples/installing-and-using-packages.md) example for the specifics.
+For more information, see our [using a package](docs/examples/installing-and-using-packages.md) example for the specifics. If your library is not present in vcpkg catalog, you can open an [issue on the GitHub repo](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues) where the dev team and the community can see it and potentially create the port file for this library.
Additional notes on macOS and Linux support can be found in the [official announcement](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/04/24/announcing-a-single-c-library-manager-for-linux-macos-and-windows-vcpkg/).