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Windows: Static libraries should end with .lib not .a when using the MSVC ABI install #29508
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rustc foo.rs --crate-type=staticlibproduceslibfoo.a.
This needs to be changed to producefoo.libfor -msvc.Actually, since that would conflict with the import library produced by
--crate-type=dylibI propose usinglibfoo.libinstead forstaticlibas it matches the conventions that Microsoft uses to distinguish static/dynamic libraries (such asucrt.libvslibucrt.lib)- added a commit that references this issue
on Jan 21, 2016
The standard extension for Windows static libraries is .lib.
By keeping the .a extension while using the MSVC ABI, we are forced to rename the files when integrating Rust libraries into compiler chains that expect .lib as an extension.
Reopening the bug here as suggested by alexcrichton (rust-lang/cargo#2100)