> The new non-libltdl foreign library loading algorithm from 3.0.6 > fails to cover common cases regarding how libtool names and installs > DLL files. Notably, it fails to recognize when libtool has added the > major version number into the filename itself, such as libfoo-1.dll > Also, it does not search in binary directories and the PATH for DLL > files, where libtool is likely to install DLLs.
Hi All- This is the first of a dozen patches to make Win32 minimally viable again. This patch specifically removes a regression introduced in 3.0.6 described above. If I hear no objection, I'm going to rebase and push in a week or two. There are only a couple things in here to which one might find interesting (aka objectionable). One is the renaming of the "#:rename-on-cygwin? option of `load-foreign-library` to "#:host-type-rename?" to indicate that it handles both msys and cygwin libraries. The other is the code itself, which could be a lot shorter if I pulled in other modules. I'm never comfortable pulling in modules into other modules in Guile's core itself, for fear of creating spaghetti. As a consequence, some of the string handling is comically verbose. Regards, Mike Gran
