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| author | Przemyslaw Skibinski <inikep@gmail.com> | 2016-11-16 08:59:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Przemyslaw Skibinski <inikep@gmail.com> | 2016-11-16 08:59:18 +0100 |
| commit | 2e10aab20f17adfffb2379e828124be12c774779 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a0ea44e93d92ba5523b0d5d23ef392cd236859b /lib/README.md | |
| parent | 4235e5e25f79828e6192eb17fac7a24992aed07d (diff) | |
| download | lz4-2e10aab20f17adfffb2379e828124be12c774779.tar.gz | |
MinGW doesn't require the import library at all
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diff --git a/lib/README.md b/lib/README.md index 430be1ff..18793d46 100644 --- a/lib/README.md +++ b/lib/README.md @@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ It must be used with static linking ***only***. DLL can be created using MinGW+MSYS with the `make liblz4` command. This command creates `dll\liblz4.dll` and the import library `dll\liblz4.lib`. -To compile a project the import library has to be added to linking options. +The import library is only required with Visual C++. +The header files `lz4.h`, `lz4hc.h`, `lz4frame.h` and the dynamic library +`dll\liblz4.dll` are required to compile a project using gcc/MinGW. +The dynamic library has to be added to linking options. It means that if a project that uses LZ4 consists of a single `test-dll.c` file it should be compiled with "liblz4.lib". For example: ``` - gcc $(CFLAGS) test-dll.c -o test-dll liblz4.lib + gcc $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude/ test-dll.c -o test-dll dll\liblz4.dll ``` +The compiled executable will require LZ4 DLL which is available at `dll\liblz4.dll`. #### Miscellaneous |