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I believe because cygwin behaves like windows (it is just a posix layer over window) it doesn't have dynamic linking hence only static libraries have been built.<div><br><div><div>On 13 Apr 2009, at 23:16, aparna kotha wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks a lot. <br><br>A see the shared library in linux version. I initially tried doing this in cygwin where I dont see the shared library being built. Do u think it could have been cygwin that is the problem?<br><br><br> <br><br>Aparna <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Milos Puzovic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:milos.puzovic@gmail.com">milos.puzovic@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> In order to generate shared libraries you need to have SHARED_LIBRARY<br> and LOADABLE_MODULE defined in the Makefile. See here for more<br> details: <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/MakefileGuide.html#libraries" target="_blank">http://llvm.org/docs/MakefileGuide.html#libraries</a><br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> On 13 Apr 2009, at 20:46, aparna kotha wrote:<br> <br> > I am trying to run the LLVM hello world pass. I observe that in the<br> > OUPUT_DIR/lib the LLVMHello.a and LLVMHello.la libraries are<br> > generated. But I am confused as to how to generate the .so library<br> > file from here.<br> ><br> > I am kinda new to compilers and hence the question I know is<br> > basic , but couldnt figure the answer out myself.<br> ><br> ><br> > Thanks a lot for your help.<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > Regards<br> ><br> > --<br> > -- Aparna Kotha<br> > Research Assistant , Electrical and Computer Engineering<br> > University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering<br> > 1418 A.V. Williams Bldg.<br> > College Park, Maryland 20742<br> > Ph: (858)-342-8164<br> ><br> </div></div>> _______________________________________________<br> > LLVM Developers mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu">LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu</a> <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu" target="_blank">http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev" target="_blank">http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> LLVM Developers mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu">LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu</a> <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu" target="_blank">http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu</a><br> <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev" target="_blank">http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev</a><br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">LLVM Developers mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu">LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>