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Re: BLT
On Jul 23 07:31, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> >There's a static lib called libBLT30.a and a symlink to
> >../bin/cygBLT30.dll, but there's no link library to link against the
> >DLL, libBLT30.dll.a. Does that actually work for linking against the
> >DLL? I thought the .dll.a lib is needed for that.
>
> libtool (e.g. building clients of this library) looks for either a DLL
> or a import library. I just made a symlink because BLT didn't make the
> import library itself. The symlink is just so when clients go looking
> for BLT in lib/ they find something. I can make a .dll.a if you
> prefer. I just wanted to get feedback right away and so made this
> shortcut.. Thanks!
Yes, I would prefer a .dll.a file because that's the current scheme.
Thanks,
Corinna
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