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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GnuTLS for W32
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:15:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1RiM0r-0005kz-QF@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r4zgynd5.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Chong Yidong on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:48:22 +0800)

> From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
> Cc: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:48:22 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> >> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:48:23 +0100
> >>
> >> If, at run time, you can find the elisp packages downloaded by
> >> package.el, what's the problem with finding a dll on the same directory
> >> (or a subdirectory of it, if you wish) ?
> >
> > Because load-path is used for loading Lisp, but not for loading DLLs.
> 
> The code in a Lisp package can extract its package directory from the
> variable `load-file-name'.  The Multi-file Packages node of the Lisp
> manual gives an example of this.

The issue is not figuring out the directory where the DLL lives.  The
issue is instructing the code that needs to load that DLL where to
look for it.

Currently, we load the DLLs by specifying their basename, without
leading directories, which causes the corresponding Windows API to
search for the DLL in known places, as documented in the MS
documentation.  To change that and give Lisp programs control of where
to look for DLLs, we need changes on the C level.

The other problem is how to upgrade a DLL from an Emacs session that
already uses the previous version of that DLL.  I think this is hard
without restarting Emacs, and not trivial even with restarting.

> I'm not saying we should distribute GnuTLS support via ELPA, only that
> the Package system is no technical barrier.

The barrier I was talking about has nothing to do with package.el.



  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-04  8:15 UTC|newest]

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2011-12-31 13:46 ` gnutls for win32 Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-01 11:10   ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
2012-01-01 11:50     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-01 14:13       ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-01 16:10         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-01 16:38           ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-01 17:05             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-01 21:17               ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-01 21:28                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-01 21:40                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-01 23:54                   ` GnuTLS for W32 (was: gnutls for win32) Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-02  0:49                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02  1:33                       ` GnuTLS for W32 Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-02  1:44                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02  2:35                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-02  2:57                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02  3:18                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-02  4:02                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02 16:16                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-02 17:31                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02 17:39                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02 18:51                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-02 22:35                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-03  0:48                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-03  6:37                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 14:07                                             ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-03 17:21                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 17:48                                                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-03 18:14                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 18:34                                                     ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-03 19:38                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 19:48                                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-03 20:09                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 20:25                                                             ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04  6:48                                                             ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-04  8:15                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-01-04  3:45                                                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-04  5:21                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04  7:03                                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-04  8:21                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 11:21                                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-04 11:33                                                                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-04 11:57                                                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2012-01-04 12:06                                                                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-04 12:37                                                                           ` David Engster
2012-01-04 18:42                                                                             ` Lennart Borgman
2012-01-04 18:19                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 13:57                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 14:14                                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 15:05                                                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-04 15:42                                                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 16:29                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-04 17:00                                                                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-04 18:48                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-05  5:40                                                                                   ` joakim
2012-01-05 15:52                                                                                     ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 19:21                                                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 19:45                                                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-04 23:00                                                                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-05  0:18                                                                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05  2:00                                                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-05  2:36                                                                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05  6:45                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-05  6:41                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-05  7:04                                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2012-01-05 11:58                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 20:37                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-04 20:41                                                                                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-04 22:12                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-04 22:47                                                                                       ` chad
2012-01-04 23:16                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-05  5:36                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-05 13:50                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-05 14:14                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-05 14:50                                                                                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 16:19                                                                                                 ` chad
2012-01-05 20:30                                                                                                   ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 23:14                                                                                                     ` chad
2012-01-05 23:32                                                                                                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 23:58                                                                                                         ` Richard Riley
2012-01-06  0:05                                                                                                           ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  7:11                                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-06  0:09                                                                                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  1:05                                                                                                           ` chad
2012-01-06  1:13                                                                                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  1:24                                                                                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-06  1:48                                                                                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  2:37                                                                                                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-06  3:08                                                                                                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  3:56                                                                                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-06  4:11                                                                                                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  5:49                                                                                                                           ` chad
2012-01-06  7:12                                                                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-06 12:35                                                                                                                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-07  2:34                                                                                                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-06 13:39                                                                                                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-07  2:31                                                                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-07  3:37                                                                                                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-07  9:30                                                                                                                           ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-07 13:37                                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-07 15:10                                                                                                                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-07  1:36                                                                                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-07  1:46                                                                                                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-07  5:07                                                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-07  1:23                                                                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-05 15:08                                                                                               ` joakim
2012-01-05 15:37                                                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-05 17:52                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-05 18:29                                                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-05 20:06                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-06  3:15                                                                                                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-06  3:37                                                                                                         ` chad
2012-01-05 20:38                                                                                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 20:36                                                                                                   ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 20:39                                                                                                     ` Richard Riley
2012-01-05 22:45                                                                                                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 22:35                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-05 22:43                                                                                                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 23:28                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-05 23:38                                                                                                           ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-05 23:55                                                                                                             ` Richard Riley
2012-01-05 23:59                                                                                                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06  7:10                                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-07  2:03                                                                                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-07  5:40                                                                                                                 ` Richard Riley
2012-01-07 13:35                                                                                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-07 14:51                                                                                                                     ` Richard Riley
2012-01-07 15:12                                                                                                                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-08 15:33                                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09  1:04                                                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-09 14:26                                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 14:26                                                                                                                           ` NaCl support for Emacs (was: GnuTLS for W32) Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 15:30                                                                                                                             ` NaCl support for Emacs Stefan Monnier
2012-01-09 16:43                                                                                                                               ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-09 16:59                                                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 17:48                                                                                                                                   ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-09 18:17                                                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 18:21                                                                                                                                       ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-10  1:45                                                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 16:53                                                                                                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 22:23                                                                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-10  1:06                                                                                                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10  1:30                                                                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-10  1:43                                                                                                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10  1:54                                                                                                                                         ` Richard Riley
2012-01-10  2:34                                                                                                                                           ` libnettle for Emacs (was: NaCl support for Emacs) Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10  2:43                                                                                                                                             ` libnettle for Emacs Richard Riley
2012-01-10  3:01                                                                                                                                         ` NaCl support " Daniel Colascione
2012-01-10 11:45                                                                                                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10 12:51                                                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10  3:21                                                                                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-10 11:54                                                                                                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10 12:51                                                                                                                                             ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-10 13:49                                                                                                                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-10 16:01                                                                                                                                                 ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-10 20:01                                                                                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-09 20:48                                                                                                                               ` joakim
2012-01-09 17:09                                                                                                                             ` NaCl support for Emacs (was: GnuTLS for W32) Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-09 17:26                                                                                                                               ` NaCl support for Emacs Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-09 17:29                                                                                                                               ` NaCl support for Emacs (was: GnuTLS for W32) Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-10  0:57                                                                                                                               ` NaCl support for Emacs Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-10 10:01                                                                                                                             ` NaCl support for Emacs (was: GnuTLS for W32) Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-10 10:46                                                                                                                               ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-11  5:09                                                                                                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-11 10:42                                                                                                                                   ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-11 12:26                                                                                                                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-11 12:49                                                                                                                                       ` NaCl support for Emacs Harald Hanche-Olsen
2012-01-11 12:59                                                                                                                                         ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-11 15:47                                                                                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-11 15:58                                                                                                                                           ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-11 16:33                                                                                                                                             ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-11 14:07                                                                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-11 14:23                                                                                                                                       ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-11 16:04                                                                                                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-11 19:40                                                                                                                                   ` NaCl support for Emacs (was: GnuTLS for W32) Richard Stallman
2012-01-08  7:40                                                                                                                   ` GnuTLS for W32 Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-01-08  8:34                                                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-06  0:43                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-06  0:59                                                                                                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06 14:08                                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-06 14:35                                                                                                                   ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06 15:26                                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-06 15:47                                                                                                                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-06 16:50                                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-07 10:24                                                                                                                           ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-07 13:14                                                                                                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-07 13:28                                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-07 21:03                                                                                                                     ` Reiner Steib
2012-01-05  5:24                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 21:23                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 22:34                                                                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-05  6:34                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-05 15:17                                                                                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-05 18:11                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 18:10                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 19:42                                                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 21:31                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 15:15                                                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-04 18:09                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 19:39                                                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 21:30                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 23:18                                                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-05  6:44                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03  7:14                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 13:06                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-03 13:37                                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-03 14:02                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 15:00                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-03 15:05                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-03 17:29                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 18:10                                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-03  7:48                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 13:09                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-03 17:06                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-04 11:02                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-04 12:26                                                 ` joakim
2012-01-04 14:22                                                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2012-01-04 18:03                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-03 14:14                                       ` Jason Rumney
2012-01-02 17:54                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02  8:48                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02 10:42                               ` Andreas Schwab
2012-01-02 11:20                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02 12:26                               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-02 12:41                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02 14:03                                   ` Andreas Schwab
2012-01-02 17:34                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02  8:47                     ` GnuTLS for W32 (was: gnutls for win32) Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-02  9:47                       ` GnuTLS for W32 Jason Rumney
2012-01-03 19:51                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-01 22:32       ` gnutls for lose32 Richard Stallman
2012-01-02  6:55         ` Paul Eggert
2012-01-02 10:46           ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-02 11:51             ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02 13:09               ` Carsten Mattner
2012-01-02 13:15                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02 13:28                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-02 19:05                   ` Drew Adams
2012-01-02 16:17                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-02 22:52                 ` Richard Stallman
2012-01-02 19:05               ` Drew Adams
2012-01-02 12:17             ` Paul Eggert
2012-01-02 13:06               ` Carsten Mattner

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