Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> The attached patch to FSF CVS libtool is intended to make libtool
> (mostly) behave as it does for Cygwin when executed with MinGW. It
> consists of contributions from Elizabeth Barham, and my own efforts.
>
> The DLLs are installed to $(libdir)/../bin as they currently are under
> Cygwin. Any change to this scheme should be common to both Cygwin &
> MinGW unless there is a reason for behaving differently.
>
> This patch allows a shared library build of ImageMagick (using both C
> & C++) to successfully build and install under MinGW using the MSYS
> shell environment. I have not tried to build libtool modules with it
> yet (should be interesting).
>
> I am posting this patch with the expectation that concerned parties
> will inspect it, test it, and send any fixes so that it can be
> incorporated in libtool 1.5.
quick question: what pattern is used to name the dlls, implibs, and
statlibs? (I don't care, I just want to avoid confusion with the cygwin DLL
names). On cygwin, we use:
cyg<base>-<number>.dll (where number= 'current' - 'age')
lib<base>.dll.a (import lib)
lib<base>.la (libtool lib)
lib<base>.a (static lib)
if mingw's names conflict with cygwin's names for the import lib,
libtool lib, and static lib -- that's ok, since even if both are
installed on the same system, one assumes that they are in separate
paths, and a user can control which is picked up during a downstream
link by using appropriate -L commands.
But, since this patch borrows a lot of cygwin code, I'm concerned about
conflicts on the DLL name. (Plus, you *really* don't want mingw libs
named "cygfoo-1.dll" do you?)
I'd like to see "mgw<base>-<number>.dll" for libtool libs generated on
mingw -- but that's a very cygwin-centric idea. As I understand it, the
default convention on mingw for DLL names is "lib<various stuff>.dll" or
maybe just "<various stuff>.dll". Whatever, I don't really care, and
don't want to start a flamewar. Just make sure you don't use
"cyg<stuff>.dll" by accident. :-)
--Chuck
_______________________________________________
Libtool mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
