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