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@@ -933,7 +933,11 @@ its ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0`` at:
* first link: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so.0``
* second link: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so``
-To install this library and its corresponding links, the following line does the job:
+.. note:: The second link is only needed for the linker at build-time to
+ resolve ``-lfoo1``. It is not needed at run-time so ``install_lib`` will
+ skip it.
+
+To install this library and its corresponding link, the following line does the job:
.. code-block:: make