Fwd: KDE/kdebase/libkonq

[Christian Ehrlicher]

> Von: Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org>
> Benjamin Reed wrote:
> >On 3/2/06, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:
> >> On ELF systems using dynamic libraries, where such nonsense is not
> >> necessary, don't install the dependency libraries.
> >>
> >> To our Windows developers: how does MSVC solve such nonsense? Can it
> >> link to a DLL without requiring that DLL's dependencies to be listed?
> >> Or does it require you to know what dependencies a DLL has?
> >
> >On OSX you have to list all depends, as long as you're using symbols
> >>from the dependent library (even indirectly).
> 
> Which is braindead.
> 
> Sorry, but it is.
> 
> If I upgrade a library I use in my simple program and it adds a new 
> dependency, I have to review my program's ld flags.
> 
> For such brain-damaged systems, the installation of an .la file is a 
> requirement.
I don't think this is needed on win32 - otherwise we would had to link
kdelibs against win32 system libs what we're not doing.

Christian

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