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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2013-12-02 16:29:29 (GMT)
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Help: Document PDB behavior w.r.t. static libraries explicitly (#14600)
Document PDB_NAME and PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY as applying only to shared libraries and executables. Add an explicit note to explain why they do not work for static libraries.
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PDB_NAME_<CONFIG>
-----------------
-Per-configuration name for MS debug symbols ``.pdb`` file.
+Per-configuration output name for the MS debug symbol ``.pdb`` file
+generated by the linker for an executable or shared library target.
This is the configuration-specific version of :prop_tgt:`PDB_NAME`.