Re: [feature/native-comp] breakage on build

[Óscar Fuentes]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> So, I have the right dependencies installed on my build machine, but
>> haven't packaged them up correctly.
>
> The DLLs should be on PATH.  It is not enough to have them in the same
> directory as the executable.

This is not correct. In fact, the application's directory is the first
place where the dll is searched, unless the application explicitly
changes the search strategy.

>> >> I've tried putting as.exe manually into the package but that isn't
>> >> enough. as.exe doesn't seem to have any dll dependencies itself.
>> >
>> > Is as.exe on PATH?  If not, where is it?
>> 
>> Not in my package at the moment.
>
> I suggest to put as.exe on PATH.

This would be problematic. In general, applications that put things on
PATH (or modify PATH in general) are frowned upon by many power users,
for good reasons.