Re: msys-autoconf 2.69-2

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:35 AM, waterlan wrote:
>>
>>> I certainly don't use it that way and avoid the
>>> mingw32-autoconf releases.
>>
>>
>> When you build mingw32 programs you must use mingw32-autoconf. That's
>> the point.
>
> Why, I certainly haven't had a problem?  I need to understand this
> rational.  I'll study the links given by Keith later today.

My comment in the thread mentioned by Keith gives my original stance:

> Charles Wilson wrote:
>> (3)
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>> gettext, libtool (and libiconv) provide binary components, not just
>> scripts. Specifically and most importantly, the libltdl and libintl
>> DLLs.  Obviously, MinGW applications will rely on mingw versions of
>> these DLLs, and MSYS applications will rely on the msys versions.
>
> Ah, ha.  This is the reason.
>
> The original version of msysDTK was built in the MSYS environment and
> the DLL didn't exist.
>
> Earnie

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