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authorFelix Geyer <fgeyer@debian.org>2015-08-20 12:13:28 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-08-20 14:45:09 (GMT)
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Do not set SONAME for MODULE library targets (#15705)
The SONAME field is only useful for shared libraries that application link against.
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+* The ``SONAME`` field is no longer set for ``MODULE`` libraries
+ created with the :command:`add_library` command. ``MODULE``
+ libraries are meant for explicit dynamic loading at runtime.
+ They cannot be linked so ``SONAME`` is not useful.