Re: lt_dlopen with modules and no .la

[Bob Friesenhahn]

What happens if the path specified by 'base_name' does not include a 
'.'?  Does it crash?

Note that the code in development libtool is quite different than the 
ltdl.c you used.

Bob

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Pierre Ossman wrote:

> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Hi Pierre,
> >
> > * Pierre Ossman wrote on Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 09:26:02AM CET:
> >
> > > > > On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > When using ltdl on Windows to load plug-ins there is a problem 
> > > > > > with the name mangling system. The info.name field is only set if 
> > > > > > libltdl finds a .la file. Just the DLL won't do. The result is 
> > > > > > that symbols cannot be found becaus libltdl looks for the plain 
> > > > > > name (without prefix).
> >
> >
> > > The fix should be a matter of moving the code that filters out the 
> > > extension to before the branch between la and non-la files. I tried it 
> > > here and it works lika a charm.
> >
> >
> > Please post the patch (with `diff -u').  Thank you.
>
> Patch included.
>
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