Re: [gnome-db] alternative instructions to compile libgda on cygwin

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 00:12, Gonzalo Paniagua Javier wrote:
> * [ Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>
> * Tue, 09 Jul 2002 19:15:21 +0200 ]
> > > These are the files I have in the providers directory (which exists, in
> > > fact):
> > > 
> > > libgda-default.a
> > > libgda-default.la
> > > libgda-postgres.a
> > > libgda-postgres.la
> > > 
> > > Any hints of what could be wrong?
> > > 
> > yes. The code checks explicitly for the .so version of the library
> > (gda_config_get_provider_list in gda-config.c). So, if the cygwin
> > compilation does not generate a .so file, we should maybe check for the
> > other versions.
> > 
> > Although I'd prefer if we could generate either the .so file, and make
> > no changes to the code, or the .dll file, and make a special case for
> > windows in the code.
> > 
> 
> May be calling g_module_open with "libgda-default" is enough. Glib takes
> care of adding a .la suffix if no suffix provided.
> 
oh, does it? If so, I'll change the code to just not use the extension.

cheers