Re: Making .lib import libraries with libtool

[Coleman Kane]

On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 09:45 +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> * LRN wrote on Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 07:53:24AM CET:
> > I have a project that uses autoconf/automake/libtool, and it produces
> > shared libraries (on Windows that would be .dll) and static libraries
> > (.a). Which modifications are necessary for it to start outputing .lib
> > libraries (the ones that could be linked with link.exe) along with
> > .dll's? I can hack configure script and add calls to lib.exe, but that
> > doesn't seem right, and i would rather try doing that in configure.ac.
> 
> Work for MSVC/LIB support is currently done in the pr-msvc-support
> branch.  You can try it out, we're always happy about feedback,
> but you do get to keep the pieces if things break.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralf
> 

I've found that, many times, I often need to add -no-undefined to
LDFLAGS, as well, or else libtool only generates static libs.

-- 
Coleman Kane