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Windows: Static libraries should end with .lib not .a when using the MSVC ABI install #29508

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pjmlp opened this issue Nov 1, 2015 · 3 comments
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Windows: Static libraries should end with .lib not .a when using the MSVC ABI install #29508

pjmlp opened this issue Nov 1, 2015 · 3 comments
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pjmlp commented Nov 1, 2015

The standard extension for Windows static libraries is .lib.

By keeping the .a extension while using the MSVC ABI, we are forced to rename the files when integrating Rust libraries into compiler chains that expect .lib as an extension.

Reopening the bug here as suggested by alexcrichton (rust-lang/cargo#2100)
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nagisa commented Nov 1, 2015

Duplicateish of #28025. Maybe reopen that instead, since it has more discussion?

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retep998 commented Nov 1, 2015

rustc foo.rs --crate-type=staticlib produces libfoo.a.
This needs to be changed to produce foo.lib for -msvc.

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retep998 commented Nov 1, 2015

Actually, since that would conflict with the import library produced by --crate-type=dylib I propose using libfoo.lib instead for staticlib as it matches the conventions that Microsoft uses to distinguish static/dynamic libraries (such as ucrt.lib vs libucrt.lib)

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Change name when outputting staticlibs on Windows
06c66d6 
libfoo.a -> foo.lib
In order to not cause conflicts, changes the DLL import library name
foo.lib -> foo.dll.lib

Fixes rust-lang#29508

Because this changes output filenames this is a [breaking-change]

Signed-off-by: Peter Atashian <[email protected]>
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Auto merge of #29520 - retep998:staticlib-naming-fiasco, r=alexcrichton
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I'm not sure if this was the best way to go about it, but it seems to work.

Fixes #29508

r? @alexcrichton
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