Add mention of LIBSUFFIXES in the SharedLibrary() example for overriding SHLIBSUFFIX.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt
index 0833bf8..db48e3f 100644
--- a/src/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/src/CHANGES.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ RELEASE 0.97 - XXX
     be /usr/sbin/pgkchk (since /usr/sbin isn't usually on the external
     execution $PATH).
 
+  - Fix a man page example of overriding variables when calling
+    SharedLibrary() to also set the $LIBSUFFIXES variable.
+
   From Chen Lee:
 
   - Handle Visual Studio project and solution files in Unicode.
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Platform/__init__.xml b/src/engine/SCons/Platform/__init__.xml
index 0cdd62b..a74df5a 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Platform/__init__.xml
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Platform/__init__.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ to reflect the names of the libraries they create.
 
 <cvar name="LIBPREFIXES">
 <summary>
-An array of legal prefixes for library file names.
+A list of all legal prefixes for library file names.
+When searching for library dependencies,
+SCons will look for files with these prefixes,
+the base library name,
+and suffixes in the &cv-LIBSUFFIXES; list.
 </summary>
 </cvar>
 
@@ -42,7 +46,11 @@ to reflect the names of the libraries they create.
 
 <cvar name="LIBSUFFIXES">
 <summary>
-An array of legal suffixes for library file names.
+A list of all legal suffixes for library file names.
+When searching for library dependencies,
+SCons will look for files with prefixes, in the &cv-LIBPREFIXES; list,
+the base library name,
+and these suffixes.
 </summary>
 </cvar>