Re: Understanding libtool on Windows / MinGW

2009-11-20 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
l. Older versions of MinGW have a .la file with an empty library_names, and that works fine. In the end, I had to downgrade MinGW anyway (for compatibility reasons), so my immediate problem is solved, and I understand libtool a little bit better, though still not as well as I'd like. DES -

Re: Understanding libtool on Windows / MinGW

2009-11-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Bob Friesenhahn writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav writes: > > I never said I had trouble linking with libjpeg. I said I could not > > *build* libjpeg using the workaround I found floating around on the net, > > which convinced me that the workaround is wrong. > I am t

Re: Understanding libtool on Windows / MinGW

2009-11-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Dag-Erling Smørgrav writes: > I still wish someone would answer the questions I asked... I should amend that - Bob did answer one of them, plus another I hadn't asked because I didn't know it needed asking, and for that I'm grateful to him. I still need help with the other t

Re: Understanding libtool on Windows / MinGW

2009-11-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Vincent Torri writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav writes: > > Bob Friesenhahn writes: > > > You did not mention the version of libtool you are using. > > 2.2.7a, that's what currently ships with MinGW. > 2.2.7a ? a git version ? Yep. I must admit I didn't pay

Re: Understanding libtool on Windows / MinGW

2009-11-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
der MinGW and have > not noticed any problems linking with it. I never said I had trouble linking with libjpeg. I said I could not *build* libjpeg using the workaround I found floating around on the net, which convinced me that the workaround is wrong. DES -- Dag-Er

Understanding libtool on Windows / MinGW

2009-11-16 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
ce must be incorrect. This hypothesis was strengthened when I found that jpeg7 won't link with this hack (not as in "libtool fails to link programs that use libjpeg", but as in: libtool fails to link libjpeg") Fifth question: can someone give a concise e