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| author | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2009-07-14 16:56:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2009-07-14 16:56:31 +0000 |
| commit | 269949584b7c124e95543c5c006822db4cec4d8b (patch) | |
| tree | 6ce377a155da47f0ead03b8a6cbf85653bb87473 /docs | |
| parent | 380e4e40e2e6b7ccb18b7103acb075d80168e595 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-269949584b7c124e95543c5c006822db4cec4d8b.tar.gz | |
Add the -fno-shared-implib flag
Patch from
Max Bolingbroke <batterseapower@hotmail.com>
Rerecorded to avoid conflicts.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/flags.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/phases.xml | 22 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml index bfffb096c4..0b22a396b7 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml @@ -1833,6 +1833,12 @@ <entry>dynamic</entry> <entry>-</entry> </row> + <row> + <entry><option>-no-shared-implib</option></entry> + <entry>Don't generate an import library for a DLL (Windows only)</entry> + <entry>dynamic</entry> + <entry>-</entry> + </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> diff --git a/docs/users_guide/phases.xml b/docs/users_guide/phases.xml index 2026a34f59..ec1436434f 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/phases.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/phases.xml @@ -1052,6 +1052,28 @@ $ cat foo.hspp</screen> />).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>-fno-shared-implib</option> + <indexterm><primary><option>-fno-shared-implib</option></primary> + </indexterm> + </term> + <listitem> + <para>DLLs on Windows are typically linked to by linking to a corresponding + <literal>.lib</literal> or <literal>.dll.a</literal> - the so-called import library. + GHC will typically generate such a file for every DLL you create by compiling in + <literal>-shared</literal> mode. However, sometimes you don't want to pay the + disk-space cost of creating this import library, which can be substantial - it + might require as much space as the code itself, as Haskell DLLs tend to export + lots of symbols.</para> + + <para>As long as you are happy to only be able to link to the DLL using + <literal>GetProcAddress</literal> and friends, you can supply the + <option>-fno-shared-implib</option> flag to disable the creation of the import + library entirely.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> |