On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 04:59:19PM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote: > > > On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, Lars Munch wrote: > > >IMHO it is not a libtool problem, but the problem is that evil.dll tries > >to link to at static library (uuid in this case), which is generally > >considered bad. > > it is a libtool problem, in a manner or another. Your remark: > > + * This file defines all the windows UUID used in evil. This is here > + * since uuid.lib is a static only library and libtool does not allow > + * you to link a DLL against a static library. > > is wrong. We can link a lib against a static lib to produce a dll. Check > when I link against libm.a, libws2_32.a, etc... in evil or other efl lib. > There is no dll for those lib. But libtool detects that it is an import > lib (look at the function func_win32_libid() in ltmain.sh or libtool > scripts) and accepts to create the dll.
But there are dll's for those libs: libws2_32.a is an import library for windows\system32\ws2_32.dll. libole32.a is an import library for windows\system32\ole32.dll. libsecur32.a is an import library for windows\system32\secur32.dll. libuuid.a on the other hand is not an import library but a real static library, hence the error when not detected as an import library. > about the 'file' program, i didn't know. The func_win32_libid function is different if you got the file utility on your system (as most people do on linux). This version is actually better at identifying a static library vs. import library. See for instance: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg01464.html I went for a modified version of point 1) in my patch. -- Lars Munch ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
