Re: SpiderMonkey38 as static lib on Windows

On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 7:19:18 PM UTC+2, Mihai Dobrescu wrote:
> On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 7:09:53 PM UTC+3, [email protected] wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > I'd like to use SpiderMonkey 38 on Windows as a static library.
> > 
> > I have built x86 for Windows using the package published in this thread:
> > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.tech.js-engine/1GC-7lkX-qk
> > Package: http://people.mozilla.org/~sfink/data/mozjs-38.3.0sfink2.tar.bz2 
> > 
> > I can compile and link my own executables using mozjs-38.lib as:
> > 
> > cl.exe /EHs /I"d:\spidermonkey38\js\src\build_OPT.OBJ\dist\include" /c helloworld.cpp
> > link.exe helloworld.obj "d:\spidermonkey38\js\src\build_OPT.OBJ\dist\lib\mozjs-38.lib"
> > 
> > However, the below page suggests to use the "--disable-shared-js" flag for the configure script to build SpiderMonkey as a static lib:
> > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey/Build_Documentation#Building_SpiderMonkey_as_a_static_library
> > 
> > If I add this flag, then no mozjs-38.lib gets generated during mozmake.
> > Am I doing something wrong? Should I be using the "js_static.lib" to link my executable somehow?
> > 
> > I'd appreciate any guidance!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > tamas
> 
> Did you look in "build_OPT.OBJ\dist\sdk\lib"?


Yes, I just did, it's not there either.

These files are there if I build without "--disable-shared-js"
mozjs-38.lib
nspr4.lib
nspr4.pdb
plc4.lib
plc4.pdb
plds4.lib
plds4.pdb

.. but mozjs-38.lib is missing if I add the flag.