Re: Documentation bug

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Kevin Ryde wrote:
> 
> Andreas Fabri <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > lib /machine:IX86 /def:.libs/libgmp-3.dll-def
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I think it uses _libs on an 8.3 filesystem, but libgmp-3.dll-def and
> libgmp-3.dll no doubt clash in that case, so a dll build probably
> can't be done on such a disk.
[snip]

configure scripts can detect at run time whether you can use .libs or whether
_libs should be used (see AC_LIBTOOL_OBJDIR from share/aclocal/libtool.m4).

I don't see why this would be used for DLLs, though, unless the compiler is
really old (a Win16 compiler, like IIRC Visual C++ <= 1.5x?) and doesn't
support long filenames.

Now, for DJGPP it may be the case that libgmp.a is made in .libs or _libs,
depending on the environment.

Summary: I don't think you'll see DLLs built in _libs, so the docs should be
corrected.

Bye, Rich =]

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