[Scons-users] MS Visual Studio Install tries to find a not-existing file

[Matthieu Brucher]

No, the .lib is created by the compiler, but you have to specify which
function can be accessible by the program and exported:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3y1sfaz2.aspx

Cheers,

Matthieu

2012/8/19 Kraus Philipp <philipp.kraus at flashpixx.de>


> Hi,

>

> yes I'm developing primary under unix systems, so there exists a *.so

> or/and *.a file and they are independed.

> I will read the chapter, but how can I realize this in / with scons? I

> would like to link the DLL in my program

>

> Should I create a env.Library first and pass the result to

> env.SharedLibrary and this output to the env.Install?

>

> Thanks

>

> Phil

>

>

> Am 19.08.2012 um 16:25 schrieb Matthieu Brucher:

>

> Hi,

>

> That's because the build process should return 2 files, the dll and the

> lib file. The first is the one you deploy, but the second is the one that

> is needed to link an application. Linux doesn't define something like that,

> I suggest you read the MSDN chapter on shared libraries and exported

> functions/classes/methods/...

>

> Matthieu

>

> 2012/8/19 Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus at flashpixx.de>

>

>> **

>>

>> Hi Matthieu,

>>

>>

>> thanks for your answer, but I don't understand the answer.

>>

>> I call scons in the Visual Studio CommandLine and build a shared library

>> with env.SharedLibrary

>>

>> The result of this call is passed to env.Install and if the scons script

>> runs, the error is shown after building.

>>

>>

>> I found in my build directory the *.dll file, so I think the

>> env.SharedLibrary builder works. But the "copy-process"

>>

>> breaks with the error, because the env.Install call try to copy two files

>> *.dll and *.lib, but the *.lib file does not

>>

>> exist. My problem is, to install / copy the builded library into my

>> installation directory.

>>

>>

>> Phil

>>

>>

>> On 2012-08-19 14:53:24 +0200, Matthieu Brucher said:

>>

>>

>> Hi Philip,

>>

>>

>> The .lib file is not only the name of the static library, for a shared

>> library it contains everything needed to link against the dll. It is built

>> only if you export something. If you don't export functions, it means that

>> you won't be able to link against it, only load it with something like

>> "LoadLibrary".

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>>

>> Matthieu

>>

>>

>> 2012/8/19 Kraus Philipp <philipp.kraus at flashpixx.de>

>>

>> Hello,

>>

>>

>> I compile under MS Visual Studio 2010 Express the LUA library.

>>

>>

>> lib = envlua.Library(target="lua", source=libsrc)

>>

>> envlua.Install( "targetpath", lib )

>>

>>

>> In this case, VS builds a *.lib file and installs it within the target

>> directory.

>>

>> So if I switch to a shared library:

>>

>>

>> lib = envlua.SharedLibrary(target="lua", source=libsrc)

>>

>> envlua.Install( "targetpath", lib )

>>

>>

>> The Install command shows:

>>

>> scons: *** [library\build\LUA\5.2.1\lib\lua.lib] library\lua.lib: No such

>> file or directory

>>

>>

>> It is a correct error message, but no lua.lib is build (static build), so

>> the Install command

>>

>> searches the static and the dynamic library. It seems, that the Install

>> command searches

>>

>> on dynamic build also a static library.

>>

>>

>> I would like to build only the DLL not the static version and would like

>> to install the file

>>

>> in the target place

>>

>>

>> How can I solve this problem?

>>

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>>

>> Phil

>>

>>

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