[flext] flext and pd.lib/libpd.a

[Thomas Grill]

Hi Patrick,
linking to libraries or executables works differently on Mac and  
Windows.
On Windows, you need a .lib which contains the symbols actually  
present in the Pd external. On a Mac this works differently with a  
symbol lookup at dynamic link time.
Under Windows you'll always need the pd.lib to compile externals for  
Pd. It should come with Pd, but there's also a way to generate it. I  
forgot how, it's years since i did last touched a Windows computer.
Overall, this is totally unrelated to flext - it also applies to other  
externals, respectively, plugins for applications.
gr~~~

Am 17.08.2011 um 17:49 schrieb Patrick Gampp:

> Hi,
> When I built the flext tutorial example simple1, I had to include  
> the static flext library.
>
> I took a step forward and tried to build an external, which already  
> worked on Windows. This is a signal-based external using  
> FLEXT_NEW_DSP. On Windows I had to include the flext library and  
> pd.lib, which was delivered with the pd-vanilla.
>
> I built puredata for Mac and no puredata-library was generated (at  
> least I didn't find one in the src-folder). I searched the Makefile  
> for a something like a "generate library target", but I didn't find  
> one.
>
> For a better understanding how to work with flext, I have the  
> following questions:
>
> Do I really need the static puredata library, or is there a way to  
> omit it for DSP-externals?
> If the pd-lib is needed, what is the usual approach to build/get it?
>
> Many regards,
> Patrick
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