Re: XFree 4.2.1 + fontconfig-2

[Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 03:06:51PM -0700, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> 
> --- Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 10:56:54PM +0200, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> > > Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> > > 
> > > > final outcome:
> > > > --------------
> > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/cygXfoo.0.0.dll
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfoo.0.0.dll.a
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfoo.0.dll.a
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfoo.dll.a
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfoo.a
> > > 
> > > Attached a patch which tweaks the makefile to build
> > > 
> > > lib$(NAME)-$(MAJOR).dll
> > > lib$(NAME)-$(MAJOR).a
> > > lib$(NAME).a -> lib$(NAME)-$(MAJOR).a
> > > 
> > > for Xft1 and Xft2 its
> > > exports/bin/libXft-1.dll
> > > exports/bin/libXft-2.dll
> > > exports/lib/libXft-1.a -> ../../lib/Xft1/libXft-1.a
> > > exports/lib/libXft-2.a -> ../../lib/Xft/libXft-2.a
> > > exports/lib/libXft.a -> libXft-2.a
> > 
> > Nice job!
> > 
> > For the libXft-1.dll we'll need a hack somewhere to make that
> > libXft.dll for backwards compatibility.
> 
> Well if I might comment on this and take a stance similar to Chuck's
> line of reasoning (we were discussing this the other day).  First
> off, it "Would Be Nice (tm)" to use the prefix that the core
> distribution uses "cyg".  Alexander says making that happen is
> trivial, so why not go with the standard?  Secondly, Cygwin's shared
> import libraries end in "dll.a" not ".a" [which is the suffix
> reserved for static import libraries].  I really think we ought to
> differentiate on this.  What if I wanted to distribute a shared and
> static version of my library?  As you know, ld automatically
> recognizes dll.a suffix and will use that as the shared import
> library.  I'm not trying to harp, but this was causing me trouble
> earlier this year.  There are times when it is handy to link in a
> static manner, allowing you to ship as few seperate files as
> necessary.  Also, I don't understand the need for keeping import
> libraries in subdirs.  If my original idea doesn't suite you, why not
> this (if possible):
> 
> shared:
> -------
> exports/bin/cygXft-1.dll
> exports/bin/cygXft-2.dll
> exports/lib/libXft-1.dll.a
> exports/lib/libXft-2.dll.a
> exports/lib/libXft-2.dll.a -> libXft.dll.a
> 
> static:
> -------
> exports/lib/libXft-1.a
> exports/lib/libXft-2.a
> exports/lib/libXft.a -> libXft-2.a
> 
> I'll have a look at Alexander's work to see if I can get it to do
> this.  Again, I appreciate the hard work both of you put into it. 
> Call me crazy, but after some previous threads on the main list, I
> know how important it is to keep a common naming schema.

These changes look reasonable Nicholas.

Alexander - can you adjust your patch for this ?

Alan.