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| author | Przemyslaw Skibinski <inikep@gmail.com> | 2016-11-16 07:59:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | Przemyslaw Skibinski <inikep@gmail.com> | 2016-11-16 07:59:18 (GMT) |
| commit | 2e10aab20f17adfffb2379e828124be12c774779 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a0ea44e93d92ba5523b0d5d23ef392cd236859b /lib | |
| parent | 4235e5e25f79828e6192eb17fac7a24992aed07d (diff) | |
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MinGW doesn't require the import library at all
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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/README.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/dll/README.md | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/dll/fullbench-dll/Makefile | 2 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/README.md b/lib/README.md index 430be1f..18793d4 100644 --- a/lib/README.md +++ b/lib/README.md @@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ It must be used with static linking ***only***. DLL can be created using MinGW+MSYS with the `make liblz4` command. This command creates `dll\liblz4.dll` and the import library `dll\liblz4.lib`. -To compile a project the import library has to be added to linking options. +The import library is only required with Visual C++. +The header files `lz4.h`, `lz4hc.h`, `lz4frame.h` and the dynamic library +`dll\liblz4.dll` are required to compile a project using gcc/MinGW. +The dynamic library has to be added to linking options. It means that if a project that uses LZ4 consists of a single `test-dll.c` file it should be compiled with "liblz4.lib". For example: ``` - gcc $(CFLAGS) test-dll.c -o test-dll liblz4.lib + gcc $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude/ test-dll.c -o test-dll dll\liblz4.dll ``` +The compiled executable will require LZ4 DLL which is available at `dll\liblz4.dll`. #### Miscellaneous diff --git a/lib/dll/README.md b/lib/dll/README.md index 779b8ae..bb3dbd6 100644 --- a/lib/dll/README.md +++ b/lib/dll/README.md @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ The static and dynamic LZ4 libraries #### The package contents - `dll\liblz4.dll` : The DLL of LZ4 library -- `dll\liblz4.lib` : The import library of LZ4 library -- `include\` : Header files required with LZ4 library +- `dll\liblz4.lib` : The import library of LZ4 library for Visual C++ - `fullbench\` : The example of usage of LZ4 library +- `include\` : Header files required with LZ4 library - `static\liblz4_static.lib` : The static LZ4 library @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Use `make` to build `fullbench-dll` and `fullbench-lib`. #### Using LZ4 DLL with gcc/MinGW -The header files from `include\` and the import library `dll\liblz4.lib` +The header files from `include\` and the dynamic library `dll\liblz4.dll` are required to compile a project using gcc/MinGW. -The import library has to be added to linking options. +The dynamic library has to be added to linking options. It means that if a project that uses LZ4 consists of a single `test-dll.c` -file it should be compiled with "liblz4.lib". For example: +file it should be compiled with "liblz4.dll". For example: ``` - gcc $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude/ test-dll.c -o test-dll dll\liblz4.lib + gcc $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude/ test-dll.c -o test-dll dll\liblz4.dll ``` The compiled executable will require LZ4 DLL which is available at `dll\liblz4.dll`. diff --git a/lib/dll/fullbench-dll/Makefile b/lib/dll/fullbench-dll/Makefile index 32e13fc..680e1b6 100644 --- a/lib/dll/fullbench-dll/Makefile +++ b/lib/dll/fullbench-dll/Makefile @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fullbench-lib: fullbench/fullbench.c fullbench/xxhash.c $(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@$(EXT) static/liblz4_static.lib fullbench-dll: fullbench/fullbench.c fullbench/xxhash.c - $(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@$(EXT) -DLZ4_DLL_IMPORT=1 dll/liblz4.lib + $(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@$(EXT) -DLZ4_DLL_IMPORT=1 dll/liblz4.dll clean: @$(RM) fullbench-dll$(EXT) fullbench-lib$(EXT) \ |