RE: Patch: Microsoft *.dsp Build Files - Debug Libraries

[Conrad T. Pino]

Hi David,

> From: David Sugar
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 05:23
> 
> Hmm...I think I removed the d naming so that later one could substitute 
> the debug version for testing of an app by changing the PATH, without 
> having to use a different link name.  This was otherwise causing all 
> sorts of headaches in Bayonne's w32 build and testing because I could 
> not directly substitute between debug and live libs, which were on 
> different paths.
> 
> I think it would be better to use the same name, and make sure the 
> library link path is correct "../Debug" rather than "../Release", rather 
> than using multiple/different names as well.  I also noticed that later 
> vs releases no longer automatically generate dll projects with debug 
> dll's named differently.

Reviving the "d" versions was the shortest path given so many *.dsp were
referencing them.  Removing the "d" won't take long and the *.dsp files
seem to resolve selection with "/libpath" option.  The outputs are very
similar:

H:\commoncpp2\w32>dir Debug\*.exe Release\*.exe
 Volume in drive H is CTP-RAID-001
 Volume Serial Number is 6897-6A9D

 Directory of H:\commoncpp2\w32\Debug

09/01/2005  09:49               98,378 bug1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               98,378 bug2.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               98,379 crc32.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               98,380 digest.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               94,286 slogTest.exe
09/01/2005  09:49              102,473 tcp.exe
09/01/2005  09:49              110,672 tcpservice.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               98,381 tcpstr1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49              106,575 tcpthread.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               98,381 thread1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               98,381 thread2.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               94,282 url1.exe
09/01/2005  09:50               98,382 urlfetch.exe
09/01/2005  09:50              106,574 xmlfetch.exe
              14 File(s)      1,401,902 bytes

 Directory of H:\commoncpp2\w32\Release

09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 bug1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 bug2.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 crc32.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 digest.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 slogTest.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 tcp.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               20,480 tcpservice.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 tcpstr1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 tcpthread.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 thread1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 thread2.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 url1.exe
09/01/2005  09:49               16,384 urlfetch.exe
09/01/2005  09:50               16,384 xmlfetch.exe
              14 File(s)        233,472 bytes
               0 Dir(s)      99,231,744 bytes free

H:\commoncpp2\w32>