Re: [Plplot-devel] wingcc and wingdi build bugs

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On 2017-10-06 11:00+0100 Phil Rosenberg wrote:

> Given that the libraries in question are in the standard c and C++
> libraries. I just tested to see what the impact is of simply
> commenting out the checks for these two libraries.
>
> The result is that wingcc is accepted onto the driver list, appears in
> my plplot VC++ project, everything builds correctly and I can run the
> examples and select the wingcc device and everything runs fine.
>
> Given that this is the case is there even a need to check for these
> libraries? Or is this test needed for Cygwin or minGW builds?

The present library finding has "just worked" for a long time for a
large variety of Windows users on many different Windows platforms so
I am somewhat reluctant to change it.  On the other hand, I guess it
is possible if you don't need it, then nobody needs it, but I am not
at all sure about that.  So before making any decisions here, I think
we need to collect more information.  For example, I would like you to
try 3.9.4 (see other thread concerning CMake versions) to see if this
particular problem persists (and also to determine whether CMake-3.9.4
satisfies all PLplot build-system needs for your Windows SDK version.)

Alan
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