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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_IMPLIB.rst | 6 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst index daef78b..0b1064a 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/ENABLE_EXPORTS.rst @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ varies by platform: * On macOS, loadable modules link to the executable itself using the ``-bundle_loader`` flag. +* On AIX, a linker "import file" is created along with the executable + to list the exported symbols for import when linking other targets. + Loadable modules link to the import file to get the symbols. + * On other platforms, loadable modules are simply linked without referencing the executable since the dynamic loader will automatically bind symbols when the module is loaded. diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_IMPLIB.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_IMPLIB.rst index 77fb552..c8b6fde 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_IMPLIB.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/IMPORTED_IMPLIB.rst @@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ IMPORTED_IMPLIB Full path to the import library for an ``IMPORTED`` target. -Set this to the location of the ``.lib`` part of a Windows DLL. Ignored -for non-imported targets. +Set this to the location of the ``.lib`` part of a Windows DLL, or on +AIX set it to an import file created for executables that export symbols +(see the :prop_tgt:`ENABLE_EXPORTS` target property). +Ignored for non-imported targets. |