Re: dll names on windows

[Bob Rossi]

On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:04:12AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hello Bob, Max, all,
> 
> * Bob Rossi wrote on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:26:25AM CEST:
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 05:12:49PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > > 
> > > Is there any way that I can have libtool simply create a dll with the
> > > new 'pcre.dll' instead of 'libpcre-0.dll'? Otherwise, I'll have to code
> > > into the Makefile some commands to provide the user with what they want.
> 
> I think you may be able to hack^Wworkaround like this:
>   lib_LTLIBRARIES = pcre.la
>   pcre_la_SOURCES = ...
>   pcre_la_LDFLAGS = -module

Brain Dessent said I could try the '-avoid-version' switch. It seems to
work. Does that sound good to you?

> Another possibility is to manually copy the file after installation.

Hmm, I hadn't even thought of that. I wasn't sure if copying dll's
worked. That is, I thought maybe the name of the dll was embedded in it
somehow.

> > Ping. Maybe this is a stupid question. I'm not really knowledgeable
> > enough to know if what I'm asking for doesn't even make sense. I'd like
> > to at least find out if it's a reasonable question that I'm asking. :)
> 
> Sorry for the delay.

Nonsense! Thanks for the help!

Bob Rossi