dlltool does not like .def files starting with 'LIBRARY <lib-name>'

[Ton van Overbeek]

While experimenting with the b18 release to build MEX files for MATLAB5
I found out that dlltool does not like the Mathworks supplied .def files.
E.g. matlab.def (in $MATLAB\extern\include) starts with:
  LIBRARY matlab.exe
  EXPORTS
  ....
Dlltool complains about the first line.
Deleting line 1 and supplying the --dllname argument to dlltool
produces the 'right' import library.

Scanning quickly through the source (cdk/binutils/defparse.y)
seems to indicate that the line 'LIBRARY matlab.exe' should be
accepted.

Is this a bug in dlltool ?
Any comments from any one ?

Ton van Overbeek, tvoverbe@wk.estec.esa.nl
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