Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Always regenerate import libraries in setup-mode

[Evan Hanson]

On 2019-05-07  7:45, Evan Hanson wrote:
> On 2019-05-06 13:04, address@hidden wrote:
> > I don't think that patch is right. If you emit import libraries from the
> > static builds, you will not be able to import modules from the evaluator
> > when the modules are statically linked, because the module registration
> > code is taken out.
> 
> Oh, of course, you're right. I suppose the bug is really that the build
> script tries to compile these files, then, and not that they aren't
> emitted?

No, that's not right either. It's a combination of the two: if they're
not emitted, there's no file to install and separate compilation is
impossible, but if they *are* emitted then they're removed from the
compiled artifacts and ipmort-in-eval fails (as you point out).

I wonder... For static-only extensions, do we perhaps need to add a call
to csc with "-analyze-only" just to produce the import libraries? And in
the meantime, should we "undocument" the static option for "linkage"
with something like the attached?

Cheers,

Evan

0001-Update-docs-for-linkage-egg-option-to-only-mention-d.patch
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