Re: Cygwin, wrong DLLs used for tests

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 04:55:42AM CET:
> > In case it has been forgotten,
>
> Hmm.  I don't remember a prior bug report to this end.

It was mentioned at least four years ago, before there was even a C 
wrapper for Cygwin.

> > with libtool 2.2.6b (and libtool
> > HEAD), and for software built under Cygwin, 'make check' does not
> > use the DLLs just built in the tree.  Even after installation and
> > with the installation bin directory first in the executable search
> > PATH, 'make check' does not use the new DLLs.  Instead, 'make check'
> > uses similar DLLs from Cygwin's /lib directory.  Even Cygwin's
> > altered libtool behaves similarly.
>
> Is this about tests in the Libtool package itself, or about packages
> using libtool?

Possibly both.

> > I am not sure how to solve the problem since it may be an artifact
> > of Windows behavior.
>
> Well, usually, uninstalled programs get shell or C wrappers which modify
> $PATH to point to uninstalled libraries.

Yes.  It could be the C wrapper, or it could be if Windows looks in 
the directory containing the Cygwin DLL first.

Bob
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