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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/dso/README')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/dso/README b/crypto/dso/README index 6ba03c5631..d0bc9a89fb 100644 --- a/crypto/dso/README +++ b/crypto/dso/README @@ -1,16 +1,3 @@ -TODO ----- - -Find a way where name-translation can be done in a way that is -sensitive to particular methods (ie. generic code could still do -different path/filename substitutions on win32 to what it does on -*nix) but doesn't assume some canonical form. Already one case -exists where the "blah -> (libblah.so,blah.dll)" mapping doesn't -suffice. I suspect a callback with an enumerated (or string?) -parameter could be the way to go here ... DSO_ctrl the callback -into place and it can be invoked to handle name translation with -some clue to the calling code as to what kind of system it is. - NOTES ----- @@ -21,4 +8,15 @@ according to their man page, prefer developers to move to that. I'll leave Richard's changes there as I guess dso_dl is needed for HPUX10.20. +There is now a callback scheme in place where filename conversion can +(a) be turned off altogether through the use of the + DSO_FLAG_NO_NAME_TRANSLATION flag, +(b) be handled by default using the default DSO_METHOD's converter +(c) overriden per-DSO by setting the override callback +(d) a mix of (b) and (c) - eg. implement an override callback that; + (i) checks if we're win32 (if(strstr(dso->meth->name, "win32")....) + and if so, convert "blah" into "blah32.dll" (the default is + otherwise to make it "blah.dll"). + (ii) default to the normal behaviour - we're not on win32, eg. + finish with (return dso->meth->dso_name_converter(dso,NULL)). |