On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:08:45PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Enrico" == Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Enrico> I didn't succeed in using AC_CHECK_LIB with a win32 library, > Enrico> so in the autoview patch I directly used AC_SUBST to add > Enrico> -lshlwapi. > > I think it can be made to work.
I didn't say it is not possible, I said I didn't succeed in it. > Enrico> I think that Joost modeled his patch on that above, so the > Enrico> answer is that AC_CHECK_LIB is a nightmare to be avoided. > > It seems > AC_CHECK_LIB(gdi32,main) > should work. Hmmm... $ nm /usr/lib/w32api/libgdi32.a | grep main (nothing here) But then I am an ignorant and perhaps main is special. > The funnier version would look like > AC_CHECK_LIB(gdi32, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > or something else after the @. Hmmm... $ nm /usr/lib/w32api/libgdi32.a | grep AddFontResource 00000000 T [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 I [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 T [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 I [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 T [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 I [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 T [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00000000 I [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I tried any A or W variant, other than trying to add @4 or whatever. > Enrico> On the other hand, those win32 libraries are present in any > Enrico> cygwin or mingw distribution, so there is no point for > Enrico> AC_CHECK_LIB, IMHO. > > Yes, but I prefer to test by feature instead of by os. the shell API > require Internet Explorer 5, for example. I agree it is there in > practice, but this might not be the case for all functions we may > require. True, and I agree in principle, but then you are trying to fight against Windows and I will bet on it ;-) > And what if I want to compile against libwine? :) Perhaps AC_CHECK_LIB will work in this case ;-) -- Enrico
