Why 2 DLL names?
Greetings, Using Cygwin 1.5.5-1, I am porting a Unix shared library to Windows. After making and linking the library with libtool, two DLLs were created: libxx.dll.a cygxx-1.dll I guess I was only expecting: libxx.dll. Why were the 2 names generated and why the cyg prefix on one of them? Also, which one should I use? Thank you for you patience with me as I learn the cygwin environment. Roy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Why 2 DLL names?
Greetings, Using Cygwin 1.5.5-1, I am porting a Unix shared library to Windows. After making and linking the library with libtool, two DLLs were created: libxx.dll.a cygxx-1.dll I guess I was only expecting: libxx.dll. Why were the 2 names generated and why the cyg prefix on one of them? Also, which one should I use? The first is not a dll - its an import library(I think?) Cyg prefix is chosen to clearly delimit mingw dll's from cygwin dll's - since, for example, zlib comes in both cygwin and mingw versions, and naming them the same would cause conflicts. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Why 2 DLL names?
Roy Clemmons wrote: Greetings, Using Cygwin 1.5.5-1, I am porting a Unix shared library to Windows. After making and linking the library with libtool, two DLLs were created: libxx.dll.a cygxx-1.dll libxx.dll.a is the import library cygxx-1.dll is the dll Read http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html for a more complete explanation. I guess I was only expecting: libxx.dll. Why were the 2 names generated and why the cyg prefix on one of them? Also, which one should I use? Thank you for you patience with me as I learn the cygwin environment. Roy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Why 2 DLL names?
libxx.dll.a is the import library cygxx-1.dll is the dll Read http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html for a more complete explanation.Thanks for the reply. Unless I missed it, I still don't understand why the shared lib was created a cyg prefix and a -1 suffix. But, be that as it may, can I rename the dll to be the correct name?Roy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Why 2 DLL names?
Roy Clemmons wrote: libxx.dll.a is the import library cygxx-1.dll is the dll Read http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html for a more complete explanation.Thanks for the reply. Unless I missed it, I still don't understand why the shared lib was created a cyg prefix and a -1 suffix. cyg to identify it as a Cygwin-using DLL, to avoid possible conflicts with a native-Windows version. -1 to allow for ABI versioning. See the libtool docs, -version-info option. But, be that as it may, can I rename the dll to be the correct name?Roy No. For 2 reasons: 1) You cannot rename DLLs (and still expect them to work). 2) The name is already correct. It may not be what you were expecting, but it is correct. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
