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@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ Suffixes to append when looking for libraries.
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This specifies what suffixes to add to library names when the
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:command:`find_library` command looks for libraries. On Windows systems this
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-is typically ``.lib`` and ``.dll``, meaning that when trying to find the
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-``foo`` library it will look for ``foo.dll`` etc.
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+is typically ``.lib`` and, depending on the compiler, ``.dll.a``, ``.a``
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+(e.g. GCC and Clang), so when it tries to find the ``foo`` library, it will
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+look for ``[<prefix>]foo.lib`` and/or ``[<prefix>]foo[.dll].a``, depending on
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+the compiler used and the ``<prefix>`` specified in the
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+:variable:`CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES`.
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