[Cmake-commits] CMake branch, next, updated. v3.4.0-rc1-216-g0f9e43f

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commit 0f9e43f8a46d62ae64243e4db09c90bdfb661525
Merge: 2aa7685 8000425
Author:     Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 8 13:57:29 2015 -0400
Commit:     CMake Topic Stage <kwrobot at kitware.com>
CommitDate: Thu Oct 8 13:57:29 2015 -0400

    Merge topic 'doc-clarify-shared-lib' into next
    
    80004259 Revise topic 'doc-clarify-shared-lib'


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commit 80004259f2b9be6ae4aa5deeecc70e86a4f0a846
Author:     Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 8 13:56:48 2015 -0400
Commit:     Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com>
CommitDate: Thu Oct 8 13:56:48 2015 -0400

    Revise topic 'doc-clarify-shared-lib'

diff --git a/Help/command/add_library.rst b/Help/command/add_library.rst
index 7a67d61..5033e18 100644
--- a/Help/command/add_library.rst
+++ b/Help/command/add_library.rst
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ A ``SHARED`` library may be marked with the :prop_tgt:`FRAMEWORK`
 target property to create an OS X Framework.
 
 If a library does not export any symbols, it must not be declared as a
-``SHARED`` library to avoid breaking incremental builds on some generators
-and compilers.  For example, a Win32 resource DLL or a managed C++/CLI DLL
-that exports no unmanaged symbols would need to be a ``MODULE`` library.
+``SHARED`` library.  For example, a Windows resource DLL or a managed C++/CLI
+DLL that exports no unmanaged symbols would need to be a ``MODULE`` library.
+This is because CMake expects a ``SHARED`` library to always have an
+associated import library on Windows.
 
 By default the library file will be created in the build tree directory
 corresponding to the source tree directory in which the command was
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
index 154b05b..bc633e6 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ regardless of the library type.  The ``MODULE`` library type is
 dissimilar in that it is generally not linked to -- it is not used in
 the right-hand-side of the :command:`target_link_libraries` command.
 It is a type which is loaded as a plugin using runtime techniques.
-If the library does not export any unmanaged symbols (e.g. Win32
+If the library does not export any unmanaged symbols (e.g. Windows
 resource DLL, C++/CLI DLL), it is required that the library not be a
-``SHARED`` library.  Some generators and compilers assume that
-``SHARED`` libraries export at least one symbol.
+``SHARED`` library because CMake expects ``SHARED`` libraries to export
+at least one symbol.
 
 .. code-block:: cmake
 

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Summary of changes:
 Help/command/add_library.rst        |    7 ++++---
 Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst |    6 +++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


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