[Mingw-users] Re: Solving the "relink exe's" libtool problem

[Earnie Boyd]

Charles Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hmmm...now there's a thought.  Perhaps, perhaps...
> 
> Said "stub" executable would have to do ALL of the things the script 
> does, and then pass that environment to its exec'ed target in .libs/ -- 
> does native windows provide an exec() command?  Environment inheritance? 
>  You'd probably need different source code for the stub, depending on 
> the platform... if buildhost == posixy, then exec() is our friend; 
> otherwise, nasty native Windows code...
> 

Yes MSVCRT.DLL contains both exec and spawn sets of functions.  Yes the 
parent environment is inherited by the child.  So, the stub should be 
able to work for either environment.

> Unfortunately, I can't work on that right now; my available time just 
> went to zero. :-(
> 

Sorry to hear that. :(

Earnie.