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| -rw-r--r-- | Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.h b/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.h index e5ff4f0..aa13589 100644 --- a/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.h +++ b/Source/cmLinkDirectoriesCommand.h @@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ public: "For historical reasons, relative paths given to this command are " "passed to the linker unchanged " "(unlike many CMake commands which interpret them relative to the " - "current source directory)." + "current source directory).\n" + "Note that this command is rarely necessary. Library locations " + "returned by find_package() and find_library() are absolute paths. " + "Pass these absolute library file paths directly to the " + "target_link_libraries() command. CMake will ensure the linker finds " + "them." ; } |