> >>> which I managed to solve. I was just wondering: to solve the link error > >>> issue, I added in the luarocks config. lua "LUALIB = '/lib/lua5.1.lib'", > >>> without deleting the line "LUALIB = 'lua5.1.dll',". Is this going to > cause > >>> problems, shall I maybe delete the latter? > >> > >> Visual C can't link to a DLL directly like MinGW can, but instead must > >> link to an import library (we probably should make sure that it does in > >> the LuaRocks installation script). > > > > Considering this; > > https://github.com/keplerproject/luarocks/blob/master/install.bat#L23-L26 > > > > That should have worked. If you try to install again, what does the > LuaRocks installer display for the file locations found? (you can try and > then abort at the confirmation prompt, so nothing gets actually updated) > > Yes, that should handle most cases. My guess is that the import library > is in the `lib` subdirectory, while the DLL is in the same directory as > the `lua` executable. So the install script found the DLL but not the > import library and continued without warning. The OP should have > specified a `/LIB` option. On the other hand, the install script could > have caught this by removing *.dll and *.a from > `variables.LUA_LIB_NAMES` when using Visual C. >
@alexandre; can you post the installer output as I requested, that would give the exact order in which files are being searched for and found by the installer iirc. Thijs > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho > _______________________________________________ > Luarocks-developers mailing list > Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
