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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/guide/installation.asciidoc | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/guide/ports.asciidoc | 16 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/guide/installation.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/installation.asciidoc index f03dafa..a271e2d 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/installation.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/installation.asciidoc @@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ to find all packages related to GCC: [source,bash] $ pacman -Ss gcc +If you are going to compile C/C++ code, you will need to +install this package, as Erlang.mk cannot use the normal +"gcc" package: + +[source,bash] +$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc + You can also run commands under the MSYS2 environment from the Windows command line or batch files. This command will install GNU Make and Git: diff --git a/doc/src/guide/ports.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/ports.asciidoc index b436c13..efe4ff7 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/ports.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/ports.asciidoc @@ -64,9 +64,19 @@ before including Erlang.mk: [source,make] C_SRC_TYPE = executable -The generated file will be saved to '$(C_SRC_OUTPUT)'. It -defaults to '$(CURDIR)/priv/$(PROJECT).so', the filename -adequately fitting a Unix shared library. +The generated file name varies depending on the type of project +you have (shared library or executable) and on the platform you +build the project on. + +For shared libraries, the generated file name will be +'$(C_SRC_OUTPUT)$(C_SRC_SHARED_EXTENSION)', with the default +being '$(CURDIR)/priv/$(PROJECT)' followed by the extension: +`.dll` on Windows, `.so` everywhere else. + +For executables, the generated file name is +'$(C_SRC_OUTPUT)$(C_SRC_EXECUTABLE_EXTENSION)', with the same +default except for the extension: `.exe` on Windows, and otherwise +nothing. Erlang.mk sets appropriate compile and linker flags by default. These flags vary depending on the platform, and can of course |