* Peter Ekberg wrote on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:14 CEST: > If you use libtool -mode=clean on an uninstalled .la lib on > Cygwin (or MinGW I assume), not all associated files are > cleaned out. The reason is as follows; an uninstalled .la > typically looks like this on Cygwin: > > ------- > # liba.la - a libtool library file > # Generated by ltmain.sh (GNU libtool 1.2076 2005/09/16 08:33:22) 2.1a > # > # Please DO NOT delete this file! > # It is necessary for linking the library. > > # The name that we can dlopen(3). > dlname='cyga-0.dll' > > # Names of this library. > library_names='liba.dll.a' > > # The name of the static archive. > old_library='liba.a' > > etc... > ------- > > Clean only removes files in $library_names and $old_library, so > cyga-0.dll is left behind. > > Ok to apply? > > * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_uninstall): Clean > up $dlname as well when cleaning a libtool library. Fixes > -mode=clean on Cygwin and MinGW to actually remove the dll > when cleaning up an uninstalled library. > > Ps. For -mode=uninstall, the dll is zapped by a custom > $postuninstall_cmds.
Oops, the patch was wrong and needed s/dlopen/dlname/g Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. Cheers, Peter
head-clean-dlname-2.patch
Description: head-clean-dlname-2.patch
