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authorLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2012-04-29 11:51:25 +0300
committerLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2012-04-29 11:51:25 +0300
commit29fa0566d5df199cb9acb2d17bf7eea61acc7fa1 (patch)
tree160627aeec5f73e3da40e225199af162cde690bf /windows
parentliblzma: Remove outdated comments. (diff)
downloadxz-29fa0566d5df199cb9acb2d17bf7eea61acc7fa1.tar.xz
Windows: Update notes about static linking with MSVC.
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diff --git a/windows/README-Windows.txt b/windows/README-Windows.txt
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@@ -90,10 +90,15 @@ Microsoft Visual C++
lib /def:liblzma.def /out:liblzma.lib /machine:x64
- Linking against static liblzma should work too. Rename liblzma.a
- to e.g. liblzma_static.lib and tell MSVC to link against it. You
- also need to tell lzma.h to not use __declspec(dllimport) by defining
- the macro LZMA_API_STATIC. You can do it either in the C/C++ code
+ Linking against static liblzma might work too, but usually you
+ should use liblzma.dll if possible. (Or, if having a decompressor
+ is enough, consider using XZ Embedded or LZMA SDK which can be
+ compiled with MSVC.)
+
+ To try linking against static liblzma, rename liblzma.a to e.g.
+ liblzma_static.lib and tell MSVC to link against it. You also need
+ to tell lzma.h to not use __declspec(dllimport) by defining the
+ macro LZMA_API_STATIC. You can do it either in the C/C++ code
#define LZMA_API_STATIC
#include <lzma.h>