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Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc?

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On 04/20/18 09:57 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've gotten to the stage in my OpenSSL port where the the makefile is
> trying to build the first library.
>
> The typical generated make file rule is something like
>
> $(O_CRYPTO): $(CRYPTOOBJ)
>         $(RM) $(O_CRYPTO)
>         $(MKLIB) file $(O_CRYPTO) $(CRYPTOOBJ)
>         $(RANLIB) $(O_CRYPTO)
>
> where I have added the "file" directive in the make file generator.
>
> However, if I just add the "name" directive for Wlink before the
> objects, how do I make it comma separated, as I understand the Wlink
> manual to require?
>
> Note: I can easily remove the $(RM) and $(RANLIB) lines, by editing the
> generator; a perl script.  I am not so sure I can easily make it build
> a comma separated list directly in the make file since it just generates
> variable expansions, like you see above.
>
> Is this simpler to do with owcc?  Right now I'm attempting to build a
> static library, and not a DLL on OS/2.  Can I create .LIB files with
> owcc?
>
> Does Wmake have any magic I can use to convert the space separated
> objects into a comma separated list?
>
> Right now I'm trying to get a feel for my options, about how I can
> do this with OpenWatcom, without requiring external tools.  I have
> not seen anything immediately obvious to use, in the Wmake, Wlink
> and owcc manuals.

I've always cheated by using emxomfar.exe which acts much like ar. Note 
that ranlib isn't needed and should be set to something like echo.
Dave

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Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2018-04-21 12:57 +0800
  Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Frank Beythien <fbeythien@gmx.de> - 2018-04-21 09:46 +0200
    Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2018-04-21 20:46 +0800
      Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Frank Beythien <fbeythien@gmx.de> - 2018-04-21 15:33 +0200
      Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> - 2018-04-24 19:33 +0200
  Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Hans-Bernhard Bröker <broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2018-04-21 14:16 +0200
    Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2018-04-21 20:50 +0800
  Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Dave Yeo <daveryeo@gmail.com> - 2018-04-21 10:43 -0700
    Re: Building static libraries with wlink or owcc? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2018-04-22 18:41 +0800

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