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build-sys: do no support modules on Windows
authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:04:13 +0000 (16:04 +0400)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:05:05 +0000 (19:05 +0200)
commit21e709aa071d301f154f137bffaaa19fe11e88bb
tree1911acdf906045e86f93f6d0d2b55275afdbbc05
parent3bf5de5240525a52a88deb3e864646763157e2ba
build-sys: do no support modules on Windows

Our module system does not support Windows, because it relies on
resolving symbols from the main executable.

If there is enough interest in supporting modules on Windows, we could
generate an import library for the executable and link with it:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15454968/dll-plugin-that-uses-functions-defined-in-the-main-executable

However, there is a small chicken egg problem, since the executable
link and exports extra symbols needed by the library...

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190718120413.27678-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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