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Help: Document in add_library that IMPORTED_IMPLIB is for DLL import libs

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Fixes: #21053
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Brad King
2020-08-04 09:26:01 -04:00
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@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ 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.
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).
Additional usage requirements may be specified in ``INTERFACE_*`` properties.
An ``UNKNOWN`` library type is typically only used in the implementation of