RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0

[Peter Ekberg]

Howard Chu wrote:

> Peter Ekberg wrote:

[snip]

> >>>I configure the libtoolized project with
> >>>
> >>>.../configure CC="cl -MD" LDFLAGS=-L/msvc/lib
> >>>
> >>>Where MSYS has a mount so that /msvc points to the MSVC folder
> >>>(typically "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98"
> >>>or something similar)
> >>
> >>Yeah, it might be necessary to work around all the `white 
> >>space in path' issues as well...
> 
> Yes. But my VCVARS32.BAT file uses DOS-compatible paths (E.g. 
> C:\PROGRA~1\MICROSO~4) so there's no whitespace in my paths. 
> (And I call 
> that batch file from the MSYS batch file so that MSVC is setup in my 
> MSYS environment. Likewise for Cygwin.)

Yes, mine does to. But when I installed Visual Studio, I was
asked if I wanted to add these vars to my environment permanently,
which I wanted, and it was not the spaceless versions that
was added. And the VCVARS32.BAT file simply adds the needed
directories, so the long paths will still be there even if I
do run the BAT-file. If I want to get rid of the paths with
spaces, I have to edit the environment manually from the control
panel.

So, if this is to be handled seamlessly, spaces in $LIB has to
be handled, as they are so bleeding common. Perhaps it doesn't
need to be seemless though?

Howard, do you currently use MSVC with libtool?

Cheers,
Peter