Re: Fun with ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Windows import libraries

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

Ari Jolma wrote:

> EU::Depends::find_extra_libs assumes now that when OS is MSWin32, the 
> (import) library extension is ".lib". When MinGW is used, the extension is
> usually .dll.a (MinGW could also happily use the actual .dll, but 
> EU::LibList::Kid does not allow that currently). Thus a (partial) solution
> would be to change find_extra_libs to search for files with .dll.a extension
> too. I don't have a very elegant solution how to allow both extensions.

Elegance shouldn't be the primary concern.  If you have a patch that makes
linking work on MinGW, just post it.

> Somehow this detection should be propagated to EU::LibList::Kid to look for
> import libraries "lib<library>.dll.a" -- or the Makefile.PL's may also alter
> the liblist by adding ".dll.a" before calling set_libs().

I'd prefer a solution that doesn't involve changing every Makefile.PL.

-Torsten