[Gpg4win-devel] Syntax error when linking with some .def files

[Andre Heinecke]

Hi,
On Friday, April 19, 2013 05:34:21 PM Werner Koch wrote:
> I developed a patch to remove the comment lines before the test.  I
> tested it with libgcrypt master but an old binutils.  However the def
> file used is here correct (see src/.libs/libgcrypt-20.dll.def).
I've tested this with libgpg-error where the patch applies cleanly and it 
worked. Thanks, this should be applied to the gnupg repos.

> 
> The patch should apply to the other tools as well, if you care to test.
I'm a bit confused with adns as the ltmain.sh in there is so old that it does 
not contain the line you've fixed but still the problem exists.

I've found following in the aclocal.m4:

      # If the export-symbols file already is a .def file (1st line
      # is EXPORTS), use it as is; otherwise, prepend...
      _LT_AC_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)='if test "x`$SED 1 
$export_symbols`" = xEXPORTS; then
     cp $export_symbols $output_objdir/$soname.def;
      else
    echo EXPORTS > $output_objdir/$soname.def;
cat $export_symbols >> $output_objdir/$soname.def;
      fi~

I'm not sure where this comes from though as I don't understand the autotools 
toolchain well enough.

Btw. before you posted your patch I've hacked my gpg4win with attached patch 
to work around this problem (also because I wanted to undestand the gpg4win 
buildsystem better). So this is not blocking me from building gpg4win with the 
currently released tarballs.

Regards,
Andre


-- 
Andre Heinecke |  ++49-541-335083-262  |  http://www.intevation.de/
Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B 18998
Geschäftsführer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 0001-Hack-to-write-EXPORTS-at-the-start-of-.def-files.patch
Type: text/x-patch
Size: 1484 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/gpg4win-devel/attachments/20130419/c1bca5f6/attachment.bin>