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diff --git a/win32/README b/win32/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5316131c1f --- /dev/null +++ b/win32/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +This directory contains .def files for some of the DLLs in +Evolution. They are used to build bootstrap import libraries for these +DLLs in advance before they have actually been built. This is +necessary because Evolution's shared libraries have circular +dependencies, and one can't have unresolved symbols when building +shared libraries on Win32. + +These .def files aren't used when building the actual DLLs in +question. They are only used to produce bootstrap import libraries for +them. Thus a .def file for libFOO here doesn't list all the actual +entry points in libFOO, only those that are used by other DLLs that +are built before libFOO. When the actual libFOO is built, we rely on +the GNU linker's auto-export to export all public symbols. |