[Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness

Francois Tigeot <ftigeot -AT- wolfpond.org>
Sun, 22 May 2011 18:45:53 +0200

Hi,

I've recently created a pkgsrc package for LibreOffice, and been burned
by the DLLPOSTFIX / gb_Library_DLLPOSTFIX suffix added to library file
names.

I'm sure there was a good reason to use it in 1988. Or maybe not, I can't
possibly pretend to know.
What I would like to know is if there's still a reason to use this suffix
in 2011.

It would tremendously simplify packaging to use the same file names on all
platforms.
I currently have to find a way to extract the suffix from the build
configuration or recreate it in my packaging scripts and use it to create
the file list, which is a bit of a maintainability nightmare to say the
least...

Any thoughts on this subject ?

-- 
Francois Tigeot

Context

[Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness · Francois Tigeot
- Re: [Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness · Bjoern Michaelsen
  - Re: [Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness · Francois Tigeot
    - Re: [Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness · Michael Meeks
      - Re: [Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness · Francois Tigeot
        
        Re: [Libreoffice] Platform-specific DLL suffix usefulness · Tor Lillqvist
        
        Re: [Libreoffice] Removing DLLPOSTFIX · Francois Tigeot
        
        Re: [Libreoffice] Removing DLLPOSTFIX · Christian Lohmaier
        Re: [Libreoffice] Removing DLLPOSTFIX · Michael Meeks
        Re: [Libreoffice] Removing DLLPOSTFIX · Francois Tigeot
        Re: [Libreoffice] Removing DLLPOSTFIX · Tor Lillqvist

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