Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] What to do if I need shared libraries?

[DiAppoggio]

Il 04/10/2010 15:40, Volker Grabsch ha scritto:
> M. Gerhardy<address@hidden>  schrieb:
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> > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:45 AM, DiAppoggio<address@hidden>  wrote:
> >      
> > > Actually i'm x-compiling some opensource games that need shared libraries
> > > (static one aren't an option )
> > >        
> Why is that?
>
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Uforadiant for example, the UFO:AI editor :-) .
So, can a user only report a project that use mingw-cross-env or that 
can be simply compiled with mingw-cross-env?

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> > > and I've started to tweak some makefiles; of
> > > course I can't simply "hg pull -u"  to get updates makefiles... is there an
> > > easy solution?
> > >        
> > It would be nice if one could switch between static and shared libs.
> >
> > e.g. the user can add a config.mk (that is optional of course and a
> > user can just override some vars in it) and define per target (default
> > is static) (e.g. gtk_STATIC = no) whether it should get build static
> > or not.
> >
> > What do you think? Would that be worth the work?
> >      
> What would be the absolute worst case for our project, because it
> would result in a huge number of static/shared combinations and
> configurations that would have to be checked.
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I think that you're right... my request was only an attempt that 
requires too much work.
I'll try to learn hg to make diff from a modified repository so I can 
import it back to the official one.

> For more information on that topic, please have a look at:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/mingw-cross-env-list/2009-09/msg00025.html
>
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In my humble opinion this is another thread that should be included 
somewhere in the documentation.