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May 1, 2012, 7:30 AM
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Re: are the *.exp files still used by any platform?
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On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Guenter Knauf <fuankg [at] apache> wrote:
> Am 01.05.2012 03:32, schrieb William A. Rowe Jr.:
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>> On 4/29/2012 6:25 PM, Guenter Knauf wrote:
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>>> Am 29.04.2012 22:59, schrieb Eric Covener:
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>>>> AFAICT AIX/libtool uses export files generated during the build, but
>>>> does not use the checked in ones.
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>>> well, thats the point: if those in svn were used then a lot would be
>>> missing since all
>>> newer modules dont have them ...
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>> Windows does not need them; if OS/2, Netware and AIX don't either, let's
>> please axe them from svn.
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> aha:
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=92273
> so from this commit it seems the *.exp were once added for AIX;
> question is now if they are still used for the 2.0.x or 2.2.x branch?
> Can someone familar with AIX please check how the build system for AIX now
> works with these branches?
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Even 2.0 seems to just generate libmod_foo.exp then pass the generated
file to the linker, but I wouldn't go out of your way removing them
from 2.0 and 2.2 if they aren't bothering anyone.
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