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Diffstat (limited to 'build2/cc/link-rule.hxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | build2/cc/link-rule.hxx | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/build2/cc/link-rule.hxx b/build2/cc/link-rule.hxx index 14c6fa1..3c51121 100644 --- a/build2/cc/link-rule.hxx +++ b/build2/cc/link-rule.hxx @@ -57,13 +57,18 @@ namespace build2 struct libs_paths { // If any (except real) is empty, then it is the same as the next - // one. Except for intermediate, for which empty indicates that it is - // not used. + // one. Except for load and intermediate, for which empty indicates + // that it is not used. + // + // Note that the paths must form a "hierarchy" with subsequent paths + // adding extra information as suffixes. This is relied upon by the + // clean pattern (see below). // // The libs{} path is always the real path. On Windows what we link // to is the import library and the link path is empty. // path link; // What we link: libfoo.so + path load; // What we load (with dlopen() or similar) path soname; // SONAME: libfoo-1.so, libfoo.so.1 path interm; // Intermediate: libfoo.so.1.2 const path* real; // Real: libfoo.so.1.2.3 |