Index: tools/gn/variables.cc |
diff --git a/tools/gn/variables.cc b/tools/gn/variables.cc |
index d79c3aa887defcdf0101ab393ca6099bd7c71b3b..a835b22d6b2c6fa5db7dd999dd9a3730e4070550 100644 |
--- a/tools/gn/variables.cc |
+++ b/tools/gn/variables.cc |
@@ -892,20 +892,20 @@ const char kLibs_HelpShort[] = |
const char kLibs_Help[] = |
"libs: Additional libraries to link.\n" |
"\n" |
- " A list of strings.\n" |
- "\n" |
- " These files 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" |
- " the \"lib_dirs\" so your library is found. If you need to specify\n" |
- " a path, you can use \"rebase_path\" to convert a path to be relative\n" |
- " to the build directory.\n" |
- "\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" |
+ " A list of library names or library paths.\n" |
+ "\n" |
+ "Values containing '/' will be treated as references to files in the\n" |
+ "build. They will be rebased to be relative to the build directory and\n" |
+ "specified in the \"libs\" for linker tools. This facility should be used\n" |
+ "for libraries that are checked in to the build. For libraries that are\n" |
+ "generated by the build, use normal GN deps to link them.\n" |
+ "\n" |
+ "Values not containing '/' will be treated as system library names. These\n" |
+ "will be passed unmodified to the linker and prefixed with the\n" |
+ "\"lib_prefix\" attribute of the linker tool. Generally you would set the\n" |
+ "\"lib_dirs\" so the given library is found. Your BUILD.gn file should\n" |
+ "not specify the switch prefix (like \"-l\"): this will be encoded in\n" |
+ "the \"lib_prefix\" of the tool.\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" |