[libcxx-commits] [PATCH] D127151: [libcxx] [doc] Add a release note for distributors about MinGW builds and dllimport

[Martin Storsjö via Phabricator via libcxx-commits]

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This allows distributors to simplify how libc++ is built in MinGW
configurations.


Repository:
  rG LLVM Github Monorepo

https://reviews.llvm.org/D127151

Files:
  libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst


Index: libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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--- libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -164,3 +164,8 @@
   configuration and isn't supported by one of the configurations in ``libcxx/test/configs``,
   ``libcxxabi/test/configs`` or ``libunwind/test/configs``, please move to one of those
   configurations or define your own.
+
+- MinGW DLL builds of libc++ no longer use dllimport in its headers, which means
+  that the same set of installed headers works for both DLL and static linkage.
+  This means that distributors finally can build both library versions with one
+  single CMake invocation.


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