On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Guenter Knauf <fua...@apache.org> wrote: > Am 01.05.2012 03:32, schrieb William A. Rowe Jr.: > >> On 4/29/2012 6:25 PM, Guenter Knauf wrote: >>> >>> Am 29.04.2012 22:59, schrieb Eric Covener: >>>> >>>> AFAICT AIX/libtool uses export files generated during the build, but >>>> does not use the checked in ones. >>> >>> well, thats the point: if those in svn were used then a lot would be >>> missing since all >>> newer modules dont have them ... >> >> >> Windows does not need them; if OS/2, Netware and AIX don't either, let's >> please axe them from svn. > > aha: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=92273 > so from this commit it seems the *.exp were once added for AIX; > question is now if they are still used for the 2.0.x or 2.2.x branch? > Can someone familar with AIX please check how the build system for AIX now > works with these branches? >
Even 2.0 seems to just generate libmod_foo.exp then pass the generated file to the linker, but I wouldn't go out of your way removing them from 2.0 and 2.2 if they aren't bothering anyone.
