[Chicken-users] Cygwin naming support

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> I've bitten the bullet and started reworking the CMake library naming 
> code.  Actually in CMake 2.4.2 it won't be so difficult.  CMake 2.2 
> didn't handle lib- prefixes very well, CMake 2.4.2 is more 
> automagical.  For instance, right now it's generating dlls of the form 
> cygchicken.dll, so the only missing ingredient is to add -0.  Gotta go 
> run my dog around and beat the heat.  Will have a patch later tonight.

I've pushed it to Darcs.  Let me know if it works.  Libraries of the 
form cygchicken-0.dll are generated.  The corresponding import library 
is libchicken-0.dll.a.  I hope that's what Cygwinners expect, because 
there doesn't seem to be a way to specify the body of the DLL's name any 
different from the body of its import library.  Prefixes, no sweat, 
suffixes, no sweat, but postfixes, I am unsure about.  If this isn't 
what's expected, I'll need to follow up on the CMake lists about it.

It is unclear to me from my Googling what's expected.  The problem also 
bores me tremendously.  I don't know if these Cygwin naming conventions 
are a "best practice," but they do seem to be a practice, and a hard one 
to get rid of.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every