Re: [PATCH] Adjust naming of MSVC import libraries.

[Peter Rosin]

Den 2010-09-08 00:23 skrev Peter Rosin:
> Den 2010-09-07 22:24 skrev Ralf Wildenhues:
>> * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:20:06PM CEST:
>>> * Peter Rosin wrote on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 11:25:00AM CEST:
>>>> Subject: [PATCH] Adjust naming of MSVC import libraries.
>>>>
>>>> * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER) [mingw, cygwin]
>>>> [pw32, cegcc] <cl*, library_names_spec>: Adjust naming of the
>>>> import library from foo-<major-version>.lib to foo.dll.lib, to
>>>> avoid clashes with the static library for unversioned libraries.
>>>> (_LT_LINKER_SHLIBS, _LT_LANG_CXX_CONFIG) [mingw, cygwin, pw32]
>>>> [cegcc] <cl*, archive_expsym_cmds>: Explicitely name the import
>>>> library to match the above.
>>>
>>> Thanks for pushing this.  I think it deserves to be mentioned in NEWS,
>>> even if MSVC wasn't supported (well) before.
> 
> I'll write something tomorrow.

How about the below?

Cheers,
Peter

>From 0b71549aa23299ed3909e1483d0532a0a79a1e7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Rosin <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:39:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Mention adjustment of naming of MSVC import libraries in NEWS.

* NEWS: Mention the change in import library naming on MSVC.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <address@hidden>
---
 ChangeLog |    5 +++++
 NEWS      |    4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 061ca29..8e17222 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-08  Peter Rosin  <address@hidden>
+
+       Mention adjustment of naming of MSVC import libraries in NEWS.
+       * NEWS: Mention the change in import library naming on MSVC.
+
 2010-09-07  Peter Rosin  <address@hidden>
 
        Adjust naming of MSVC import libraries.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8cf68b9..1a6e300 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ New in 2.2.12 2010-08-??: git version 2.2.11a, Libtool team:
   - Initial support for the Microsoft C/C++ Compiler, with help from
     the compile script in unreleased Automake 1.12. Override the manifest
     tool used to embed the manifest resource through the environment
-    variable MANIFEST_TOOL.
+    variable MANIFEST_TOOL. Please note that the import library naming
+    has changed (from foo-2.lib to foo.dll.lib) from when the code lived
+    in its own git branch.
 
 * Bug fixes:
 
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