[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-3546272 ] win/makefile.vc produces different files than win/Makefile

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Bugs item #3546272, was opened at 2012-07-20 02:51
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Category: 50. Embedding Support
Group: development: 8.6b3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Jan Nijtmans (nijtmans)
Assigned to: Jan Nijtmans (nijtmans)
Summary: win/makefile.vc produces different files than win/Makefile

Initial Comment:
A normal build using win/Makefile, configured
with --enable-shared (the default) produces the
following file names:
    win/tcl86.dll
    win/tclsh86.exe
doing the same with win/makefile.vc produces:
    win/tcl86t.dll
    win/tclsh86t.exe

Doing a --disable-shared build with win/Makefile:
    win/tcl86s.dll
    win/tclsh86s.exe
doing the same with win/makefile.vc, using
OPTS=static,msvcrt (equivalent to
--disable-shared in win/configure) produces:
    win/tcl86tsx.dll
    win/tclsh86tsx.exe

Explanation: win/makefile.vc uses the
following suffixes (from win/rules.vc):
# Naming convention:
#   t = full thread support.
#   s = static library (as opposed to an
#	import library)
#   g = linked to the debug enabled C
#	run-time.
#   x = special static build when it
#	links to the dynamic C run-time.

The option 't' (threads) is the default
since 8.6, and 'x' (msvcrt) is normally
used in combination with static
builds to reduce the size of the
executable (nowadays everyt win32
system has msvcrt.dll on-board)

In order to let win/makefile.vc produce
the same executable names as win/Makefile,
the following is proposed:
- Invert the option OPTS=msvcrt to
  OPTS=nomsvcrt, effectively making msvcrt
  the default for both dynamic and static
  builds, as win/Makefile does
- Invert the meaning of the options 't' and 'x'
  meaning 'no threads' and 'no msvcrt', so they
  only appear in the file name when using
  non-default builds.
- change the path where binaries are built
  (MSVC>6) to XXX_Dynamic (by default) or
  XXX_Static (for static builds). For non-threaded
  builds, prepend 'NonThreaded' to it, for
  non-msvcrt builds, append 'X' to it.

This way, no special tricks need to be done
any more in extensions, because Tcl/Tk
static libraries might have a 't' in the
filename (8.6) or not (<8.6)

(patch still being developed)

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