Subject: Re: bug#36226: 26.2.90; Emacs doesn't support .dylib suffix for modules on macOS

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:06:21 +0200

> From: Philipp Stephani <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 15:52:11 +0100
> 
> Am Sa., 15. Juni 2019 um 19:14 Uhr schrieb Philipp <[email-masked]>:
> >
> >
> > On macOS, shared libraries typically have the suffix .dylib,
> > cf. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/DynamicLibraries/100-Articles/UsingDynamicLibraries.html,
> > https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/DynamicLibraries/100-Articles/DynamicLibraryUsageGuidelines.html,
> > https://stackoverflow.com/a/2339910.  Emacs only supports the .so
> > suffix, though.  I'd propose to switch MODULES_SUFFIX to .dylib on
> > macOS, but keep .so in `load-suffixes' for compatibility.
> 
> I've now fixed this with commit 28268e47d8.

Thanks, but this change needs to be reflected in NEWS and in the ELisp
manual.