Re: Regression when building static libraries with MSVC

Thore Karlsen wrote:

> I just upgraded from 1.74 to 1.77, and my build broke. The problem seems
> to be that in msvc.py, these lines:
> 
>     scope["BUILDLIB_ACTION"] = "build_msvc_lib"
>     scope["BUILDDLL_ACTION"] = "build_msvc_dll"
> 
> Have been replaced with these lines:
> 
>     scope["C_BUILDLIB_ACTION"] = "build_msvc_lib"
>     scope["C_BUILDDLL_ACTION"] = "build_msvc_dll"
>     scope["CXX_BUILDLIB_ACTION"] = "build_msvc_lib"
>     scope["CXX_BUILDDLL_ACTION"] = "build_msvc_dll"
> 
> I'm not sure why these lines were added, but now when I have a :lib
> command, my source files are compiled to object files instead of
> libobject files, and the link fails.
> 
> I tried searching through the AAP source for CXX_BUILDLIB_ACTION and
> C_BUILDLIB_ACTION, but I didn't see those variables reference anywhere.

BUILDLIB_ACTION and CXX_BUILDDLL_ACTION are referenced in the
default.aap recipe.  I can't find the others either.  It's possible that
names are concatenated somewhere. CXX_BUILDDLL_ACTION only appears to be
used for non-MS-Windows systems.

> If I put the file back to the way it was, everything builds fine.

This was changed half a year ago.  I can't remember why this was changed
or who suggested it...

Safest would be to add the old lines back.  I don't think that the new
lines would cause a problem and there probably was a reason why they
were added.

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