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| author | Cristian Adam <cristian.adam@gmail.com> | 2019-05-20 20:40:17 (GMT) |
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| committer | Cristian Adam <cristian.adam@gmail.com> | 2019-06-02 06:44:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 4127f82179acb13746c6249dd420ffa8b4abeb72 (patch) | |
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add_library: Document UNKNOWN type of imported targets
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diff --git a/Help/command/add_library.rst b/Help/command/add_library.rst index b42fe42..7274e44 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_library.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_library.rst @@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ The most important properties are: See documentation of the ``IMPORTED_*`` and ``INTERFACE_*`` properties for more information. +An ``UNKNOWN`` library type is typically only used in the implementation of +:ref:`Find Modules`. It allows the path to an imported library (often found +using the :command:`find_library` command) to be used without having to know +what type of library it is. This is especially useful on Windows where a +static library and a DLL's import library both have the same file extension. + Object Libraries ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |