Re: Do we need "DEFINES=-DWIN32 -DGSL_DLL" in the Makefile of the gsl package?

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--- julien.bect
> Hi all,
> 
> A long time ago (2007...) Michael Goffioul added the following line to the 
> Makefile of the gsl package:
> 
> DEFINES=
> ifeq ($(canonical_host_type),i686-pc-msdosmsvc)
> DEFINES=-DWIN32 -DGSL_DLL
> endif
> 
> These lines are still here:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/gsl/ci/11467a9d9e122abc2e5546ab79b9640daf8e11f8/tree/src/Makefile.in
> 
> but I have no idea idea if they are still relevant.
> 
> I assume this is for building directly on windows (as opposed to 
> cross-compiling) but I have no idea if this is really possible...
> 
> I am very close to finally making a new release of the package, and I was 
> wondering if these lines should be preserved or removed...
> 
> If they are to be preserved, it would be nice to add a comment explaining why 
> they are useful.
> 
> @++
> Julien
> 
When I checked gsl package recently, I perhaps did not use  such flag to 
generate shared library of the gsl and gsl package using mingw compiler 
emmbeded with octave for windows. I wii send you more definite information from 
my lab. in university.

Please wait a while.

Tatsuro