From: nobuyoshi nakada <nobuyoshi.nakada@...>
Date: 2005-10-31T19:20:31+09:00
Subject: Re: mkmf, linking against a specific DLL on windows

Hi,

At Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:59:50 +0900,
Berger, Daniel wrote in [ruby-talk:162756]:
> Can you confirm if your lib.exe has problems with spaces in path names?

Yes, it seems to work.

  $ cl -c -Fo"lib objs\foo.obj" "lib objs\foo.c"
  Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86
  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved.

  foo.c

  $ cl -c -Fo"lib objs\bar.obj" "lib objs\bar.c"
  Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86
  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved.

  bar.c

  $ lib -out:"lib objs\space.lib" "lib objs\foo.obj" "lib objs\bar.obj"
  Microsoft (R) Library Manager Version 7.10.2240.8
  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.


  $ dumpbin -symbols "lib objs\space.lib" | findstr "External"
  00A 00000000 SECT3  notype ()    External     | _bar
  00A 00000000 SECT3  notype ()    External     | _foo

-- 
Nobu Nakada