From: GregNoel <GregNoel@fdb21ef1-2011-0410-befe-b5e4ea1792b1>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:51:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add reference to LoadableModule in SharedLibrary description
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Add reference to LoadableModule in SharedLibrary description

git-svn-id: http://scons.tigris.org/svn/scons/trunk@3792 fdb21ef1-2011-0410-befe-b5e4ea1792b1
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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml
index 8e69f07f..64c6bee1 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ builder method).
 &scons;
 will raise an error if there is any mismatch.
 
+On some platforms, there is a distinction between a shared library
+(loaded automatically by the system to resolve external references)
+and a loadable module (explicitly loaded by user action).
+For maximum portability, use the &b-LoadableModule; builder for the latter.
+
 On Windows systems, specifying
 <literal>register=1</literal>
 will cause the <filename>.dll</filename> to be