Subject: Re: psiconv on Windows
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 17:48:13 CST
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 06:46:04PM -0500, Tom Briggs wrote:
>
> > If the build system finds some libraries (i believe zlib, libiconv,
> > and libpng) on the system, it doesn't compile those libraries at all.
> > Then, they are linked statically or dynamically in the same way every
> > other system library is, namely by the UNIX_CAN_BUILD_STATIC
> > enviroment variable.
>
> So for distribution purposes, are the binaries shipped linked statically
> or dynamically? And if dynamically, which ones are expected to be loaded
> dynamically?
You can have either one (at least on linux).
>
> I guess my point in asking all this is this: I was under the impression
> (from the Makefiles) that psiconv was linked into Abi the way it was in order to
> allow those who had it on their system as a shared lib to use it. I was
> wondering how this was handled for other libs, because if they're all designed
> with the same goal in mind, then psiconv can be linked in just like the
> rest of the libs are (ie the way that psiconv is currently linked in isn't the
> only way to accomplish said goal.
>
I don't believe that we made any attempt to use shared library
versions of psiconv (I may be wrong here). I know we don't for either
expat or wv (although we do for libxml, when that is replacing
expat).
> Damn that's one confusing paragraph. Hopefully it makes sense to people
> other than me.
>
> -Tom
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