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dll: 64-bit different name for libgcrypt, libksba, ntbtls, and gpgme
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For nPTH, libgpg-error, and libassuan, patch rEca46b9a7bccb: Add hack to have different names for 64 bit Windows DLLs. was applied.
Why not for other libraries?

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We need the 64 bit version for the GpgOL because there are 32 and 64 bit versions of outlook. Thus we also need a 64 bit gpgme and in turn a 64 bit libassuan and libgpg-error. I can't remember why we don't append the 6 to the gpgme dll, though.

I see no problems to add the 6 to all DLLs - it will eventually help out support team even if it is not technically required because we use a bin64 subdir.

My use case is using Wine, like this:

  • having different bindir (/usr/local/i686-w64-mingw32 and /usr/local/x86_64-w64-mingw32)
  • but I was too lazy to have different configurations for 32-bit and 64-bit, but to have shared configuration with
    • PATH adding both of /usr/local/i686-w64-mingw32 and /usr/local/x86_64-w64-mingw32

When a user wants running both of 32-bit applications and 64-bit applications, having different DLL name helps.

In my opinion, adding the "6" to all DLLs is good now (including gpgme), when we are going to support 64-bit version.

gniibe triaged this task as Wishlist priority.May 12 2023, 9:41 AM
gniibe renamed this task from dll: 64-bit different name for libgcrypt, libksba, and ntbtls to dll: 64-bit different name for libgcrypt, libksba, ntbtls, and gpgme.May 16 2023, 3:52 AM
gniibe changed the task status from Open to Testing.May 16 2023, 3:57 AM

Pushed changes for those libraries.