Re: [Mingw-users] Re: libbfd, libtool & Win32

[Guido Draheim]

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> David Olofson wrote:
>
> > >              run impgen      (Cross Kaboom 2: impgen == target binary!)
> > >                     where impgen will make *.dll -> *.imp.def
> > >              make an import lib out of the output
> > >                     by using normal dlltool/dllwrap commands
> > >                     to turn the .def file into an implib binary
> > >                     which is actually a staticdll format. easy part.
> >
> > This is already handled in a sufficiently nice and clean way, that is?
>
>
> So, why isn't dlltool being used?  BTW, dllwrap is deprecated.

It is!

> Current versions of GCC require -shared in the link step to produce the
> dll.  The -dll -mdll switches are deprecated.

yes! and libtool does not use -dll/-mdll IIRC.

> Current versions of the linker can produce as well as use the foo.def
> import files.

Oh, that's news to me. So, one can take the _linker_ to produce a
def file which contains the --dynamic-export-symbols? How is that?
I've looked into dlltool -z too long, it seems...

(and btw, _how_ recent that my be? ye know, these things happen to
 be unresolved for years now....)

cheers, guido