From: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 13:37:57 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: notes.texi: Inform users about MSVC configuration
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notes.texi: Inform users about MSVC configuration

When building libltdl with the MSVC toolchain, Fortran checks can cause
issues with finding symbols, but users can avoid this by setting the
Fortran compiler environment variables to "no".

Reported: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78682

* doc/notes.texi: Add item.
---

diff --git a/doc/notes.texi b/doc/notes.texi
index 712f09eea..15c3b6da7 100644
--- a/doc/notes.texi
+++ b/doc/notes.texi
@@ -106,4 +106,9 @@ the software is to be run than the OS is designed to support.
 
 @end itemize
 
+@item
+When using the MSVC toolchain, users should set Fortran environment variables
+to the following F77="no" and FC="no". This should avoid possible issues for
+symbols not being found when linking libltdl.
+
 @end itemize