| Index: tools/gn/variables.cc
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| diff --git a/tools/gn/variables.cc b/tools/gn/variables.cc
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| index d79c3aa887defcdf0101ab393ca6099bd7c71b3b..1e886dd71cd18a96d6c0b0e6ae502ba9ae2e085e 100644
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| --- a/tools/gn/variables.cc
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| +++ b/tools/gn/variables.cc
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| @@ -892,9 +892,12 @@ const char kLibs_HelpShort[] =
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| const char kLibs_Help[] =
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| "libs: Additional libraries to link.\n"
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| "\n"
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| - " A list of strings.\n"
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| + " A list of library names or library paths.\n"
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| + "\n"
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| + " Values containing '/' will be treated as paths, and those without will\n"
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| + " be treated as library names."
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| "\n"
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| - " These files will be passed to the linker, which will generally search\n"
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| + " Names will be passed to the linker, which will generally search\n"
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| " the library include path. Unlike a normal list of files, they will be\n"
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| " passed to the linker unmodified rather than being treated as file\n"
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| " names relative to the current build file. Generally you would set\n"
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| @@ -904,8 +907,8 @@ const char kLibs_Help[] =
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| "\n"
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| " When constructing the linker command, the \"lib_prefix\" attribute of\n"
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| " the linker tool in the current toolchain will be prepended to each\n"
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| - " library. So your BUILD file should not specify the switch prefix\n"
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| - " (like \"-l\").\n"
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| + " library name (but not library paths). Your BUILD file should not\n"
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| + " specify the switch prefix (like \"-l\").\n"
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| "\n"
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| " Libraries ending in \".framework\" will be special-cased: the switch\n"
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| " \"-framework\" will be prepended instead of the lib_prefix, and the\n"
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