Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/01/09/12:49:21
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:44:25AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Stipe Tolj wrote:
> >
> > > No. See my other mail. What I meant was, $libexecdir should be
> > > == $sbindir == $(prefix)/sbin == /usr/sbin.
> > >
> > > DLLs to
> > >
> > > /usr/lib if run time loaded with e.g. dlopen()
> > > /usr/bin if inherently linked in.
> > >
> > > Basically I don't want /usr/libexec in the users path.
> >
> > Ok, so we'll have to have:
> >
> > /usr/lib/libfoo.dll
> > /usr/lib/mod_bar.dll
> >
> > for the run time loaded modules, and
> >
> > /usr/bin/libhttpd.dll
> >
> > for the inherently linked in core lib.
> >
>
> The long stated rule, check this and cygwin-developers archives, is that
> Cygwin dependent dll's must begin with the prefix `cyg'. Please
> maintain this standard, the reasons have been documented in the
> archives. Chuck even patched binutils to make it as easy as possible to
> prefix the dll output.
I agree with Earnie, especially if the httpd lib is used to
link with other applications, too.
Corinna
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