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Building Codeblocks 25.03 using the Self-Hosting method

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charles5577:
I have never heard of  linking with a dll. I also think there should be a "libexchndl.dll.a". The link command has the following:

-lcodeblocks -lexchndl.dll -lshfolder -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -lwinspool -lwinmm -lcomctl32 -lodbc32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lrpcrt4 -ladvapi32 -lwsock32 -lwxmsw32u -mwindows

The first "-lcodeblocks" : codeblocks.dll and libcodeblocks.a are  created in the "devel32_64" directory. No problrm;

The second "-lexchndl.dll" : exchndl.dll is created in the "src\exchndl\win64\bin" directory. The is no export library (a or lib file). To be consistant there should be a "libexchndl.dll.a". There is a "src\exchndl\win64\lib" directory but it is empty.

To conform to usual practice:

1. "-lexchndl.dll" should be changed to "-lexchndl" in the link command
2. There should be a "exchndl.dll" in the "src\exchndl\win64\bin" directory. This is OK.
3. There should be a "libexchndl.a" in the "src\exchndl\win64\lib" directory.

I hope I am not wasting people's time on this.

stahta01:
My "src/exchndl/win64/lib" contains both "libexchndl.dll.a" and "libmgwhelp.dll.a"; since yours does not I think you have a problem on your end!

Edit: I am using an svn repo!
Edit2: Add zipped file to this message
Edit3: Delete zipped file

Tim S.

ollydbg:

--- Quote from: charles5577 on June 03, 2025, 10:55:37 am ---...

To conform to usual practice:

1. "-lexchndl.dll" should be changed to "-lexchndl" in the link command
...

I hope I am not wasting people's time on this.

--- End quote ---

Maybe "-lexchndl" command line option is better, because in this case, the linker can directly link to the dll file or .a file.

See:

WIN32(LD)


--- Quote ---For instance, when ld is called with the argument '-lxxx' it will attempt to find, in the first directory of its search path,

libxxx.dll.a
xxx.dll.a
libxxx.a
xxx.lib
libxxx.lib
cygxxx.dll (*)
libxxx.dll
xxx.dll

before moving on to the next directory in the search path.

--- End quote ---

charles5577:
Thanks for all of the replies.

I just used stahta01's method. I used TortoiseSVN to download, rebuilt Codeblocks without issue and it runs fine. The previous download did not have all of the files that the SVN download had. Too bad I do not remember where I downloaded the first time.

Anyway, all is solved for me. And thanks to all for the replies.

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