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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/cc/functions.cxx')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/cc/functions.cxx b/libbuild2/cc/functions.cxx index 8a48e66..6b64677 100644 --- a/libbuild2/cc/functions.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/cc/functions.cxx @@ -436,7 +436,16 @@ namespace build2 // look for cc.export.libs and <module>.export.libs. // // 3. No member/group selection/linkup: we resolve *.export.libs on - // whatever is listed. + // whatever is listed (so no liba{}/libs{} overrides will be + // considered). + // + // Because of (2) and (3), this functionality should only be used on a + // controlled list of libraries (usually libraries that belong to the + // same family as this library). + // + // Note that a similar deduplication is also performed when processing + // the libraries. However, it may still make sense to do it once at the + // source for really severe cases (like Boost). // // Note that this function is not pure. // |