I'm just starting a multi-platform project (linux/win32) and I'm setting up to use APR.
On http://apr.apache.org/compiling_unix.html it says "As of this writing, APR is not quite ready to be installed as a system-wide shared library; it currently works best when tied directly to the application using it." I interpreted this to mean that I should use APR as a static library rather than shared. Even though this was an the unix build page, I've assumed it applies to all platforms (bad assumption?). I've tried to initially build apr-1.1.0 on windows using the provided .dsw/.dsp files. I get unknown symbol link errors with the static library even after defining APR_DECLARE_STATIC and APU_DECLARE_STATIC, yet I can successfully build and link to the shared library (.dll). I've seen around the net lib*.so's and *.rpm's that appear to be ready for use as a system-wide shared library. Is the web page out of date (or am I just suffering stupid user errors)? Does it apply to all platforms? Is there a preference for using APR as a shared or static library? Thanks, --the walrus
