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@@ -189,12 +189,24 @@ The ``<type>`` must be one of:
References a library file located outside the project. The
:prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION` target property (or its per-configuration
variant :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_LOCATION_<CONFIG>`) specifies the
- location of the main library file on disk. In the case of a ``SHARED``
- library on Windows, the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_IMPLIB` target property
- (or its per-configuration variant :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_IMPLIB_<CONFIG>`)
- specifies the location of the DLL import library file (``.lib`` or
- ``.dll.a``) on disk, and the ``IMPORTED_LOCATION`` is the location of
- the ``.dll`` runtime library (and is optional).
+ location of the main library file on disk:
+
+ * For a ``SHARED`` library on most non-Windows platforms, the main library
+ file is the ``.so`` or ``.dylib`` file used by both linkers and dynamic
+ loaders. If the referenced library file has a ``SONAME`` (or on macOS,
+ has a ``LC_ID_DYLIB`` starting in ``@rpath/``), the value of that field
+ should be set in the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_SONAME` target property.
+ If the referenced library file does not have a ``SONAME``, but the
+ platform supports it, then the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_NO_SONAME` target
+ property should be set.
+
+ * For a ``SHARED`` library on Windows, the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_IMPLIB`
+ target property (or its per-configuration variant
+ :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED_IMPLIB_<CONFIG>`) specifies the location of the
+ DLL import library file (``.lib`` or ``.dll.a``) on disk, and the
+ ``IMPORTED_LOCATION`` is the location of the ``.dll`` runtime
+ library (and is optional).
+
Additional usage requirements may be specified in ``INTERFACE_*`` properties.
An ``UNKNOWN`` library type is typically only used in the implementation of