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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] build-sys: do no support modules on Windows
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] build-sys: do no support modules on Windows |
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Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:51:47 +0200 |
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On 18/07/19 14:04, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Our module system does not support Windows, because it relies on
> resolving symbols from the main executable.
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> If there is enough interest in supporting modules on Windows, we could
> generate an import library for the executable and link with it:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15454968/dll-plugin-that-uses-functions-defined-in-the-main-executable
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> However, there is a small chicken egg problem, since the executable
> link and exports extra symbols needed by the library...
Yeah, with Meson it would be possible to do this easily, but for now
let's just drop support for modules on Windows.
Paolo