[ros-dev] Re: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos

[Filip Navara]

James Tabor wrote:

> I dont understand what happen but when the oleaut32.a is first generated
> it is 297702 bytes in dk/w32/lib.

This is the import library...

> After oleaut32.dll it built, oleaut32.a
> is 492292 bytes.

...and this is the actual code in the library that is built into the DLL.

> With the larger file in dk/w32/lib, it causes build errors
> with explorer.

Obviously, you can't just replace the import library by a library 
containing code.

> When making msi.dll with the smaller or first file, I get
> undefined reference to `LoadTypeLib', with the larger;

 The .spec file wasn't updated and so the import library didn't contain 
references to the typelib functions. This should be fixed now.

Regards,
Filip