# Re: Statically linking backends.

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Tue, 29 Jul 1997 19:43:54 +0200 (MET DST)

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David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 11:24:25 +0200 (MET DST), R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) said:
>
> Rogier> Possible solution:
>
> Rogier> Put the statically linked backends in a different list, and
> Rogier> move them over to the "real" list whenever the "dll.conf"
> Rogier> says it should be loaded. This way I get a say (in the
> Rogier> config file) about "the first device".....
>
> Yeah, this bugs me too. I was thinking of changing dll.c so that it
> moves a backend to the head of the backend list when it encounters it
> in the dll.conf file. That way, the order of pre-configured backends
> will match the order you'd get when using dynamic linking.

Agreed. That would cause "acceptable" behaviour....

Roger.

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