[R] Building shared libraries under Windows

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Marco Taboga wrote:

> I didn't manage to build a c shared library under Windows.
> I used rcmd shlib both with a source file and with an object file, but I got error messages in both cases.
> I get the same error messages both using a Dos shell and Cygwin.
> If I use the source file, I type:
>     rcmd shlib prova.c

What version of R is this.  Looks like 1.2.1, so the first thing is to
update to 1.2.3!  And of Windows?

> and what I get is:
>     make[1]: `libR.a' is up to date.
>     windres --include-dir C:/R/RW1021/src/include  -i prova_res.rc -o prova_res.o
>     windres: no resources
>     make: *** [prova_res.o] Error 1
> If I use the object file, I type:
>     rcmd shlib prova

That should be prova.o ....

> and what I get is:
>     make[1]: `libR.a' is up to date.
>     make: *** No rule to make target `prova.o', needed by `prova.a'.  Stop.

Try making a small package instead: sometimes it work better.

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