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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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CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
--------------------------
-Where to put all the MS debug symbol files from linker.
+Output directory for MS debug symbol ``.pdb`` files generated by the
+linker for executable and shared library targets.
This variable is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY`
property on all the targets. See that target property for additional