Re: Avoid gawkextlib as a separate shared library (was: MinGw port of gawkextlib)

[Andrew J. Schorr]

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 08:54:01AM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Manuel Collado <mcollado2011@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > IIRC, there have been other people confused about the role of gawkexlib 
> > as a required DLL. ....
> >
> > This issue has been discussed long time ago. My proposal was to move the 
> > stuff in /lib to /shared, and add strhash.{c,o} and varinit.{c.o} to the 
> > lists of files required by some extensions. I.e., link this stuff 
> > statically instead of a shared library.
> >
> > Both strhash and varinit are small. Is it really convenient to avoid 
> > duplicating this small code in the extensions that require them? I guess 
> > few people will install a bunch of extensions all of them requiring all 
> > the content of gawkextlib.
> >
> > Is it ok to discuss the issue again?
> 
> I don't object. I think anything that simplifies gawkextlib installation
> is good.

I don't mind discussing it, but I do mind implementing it. We have a working
solution that even MinGW libtool handles properly. With what few spare cycles
I have, I'd rather work on building a front-end installation script than
reengineering the existing infrastructure.

Regards,
Andy