Peter,
[Sorry for the sluggish response time, but I just returned from
vacation...]
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:39:17PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Jason Tishler writes:
> > I actually recommended this (via a patch) in the past, but it was
> > vetoed by you. :,) I have been post-processing "make install" ever
> > since. I would be very happy if you would reconsider this position.
>
> I remember. I'm not saying that I like this very much, but if there's
> reputable precedent we might as well go along with it.
I'm not sure whether this qualifies as a "reputable precedent," but
AFAICT most (if not all) Cygwin packages following this recommendation.
> OTOH, we currently don't have a clean way to distinguish between
> imported and dlopen'able DLLs in the build system, so I'm not sure how
> to implement this cleanly.
You would probably know the cleanest way. However if you wish, I will
try to dig up my old patch.
Thanks,
Jason
