Merge pull request #5 from EvgeniDubov/windows_compilation

on windows building dll instead of static library

Makefile

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ PREFIX = /usr/local
 CFLAGS = -O3 -fPIC -std=c89 -pedantic -Wall -Werror
 INCLUDES = -Iinclude
 CC = gcc
-AR = ar
-AR_FLAGS = rcs
 objects = build/ArrayOperations.o build/CalculateProbability.o \
 		  build/Entropy.o build/MutualInformation.o \
 		  build/RenyiEntropy.o build/RenyiMutualInformation.o \
@@ -24,8 +22,8 @@ objects = build/ArrayOperations.o build/CalculateProbability.o \
 libMIToolbox.so : $(objects)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -o libMIToolbox.so $(objects) -lm
 
-libMIToolbox.a : $(objects)
-	$(AR) $(AR_FLAGS) libMIToolbox.a $(objects)
+libMIToolbox.dll : $(objects)
+	$(CC) -shared -o libMIToolbox.dll $(objects) -lm
 
 build/%.o: src/%.c 
 	@mkdir -p build
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ x64:
 	$(MAKE) libMIToolbox.so "CFLAGS = -O3 -fPIC -m64"
 
 x64_win:
-	$(MAKE) libMIToolbox.a "CFLAGS = -O3 -m64"
+	$(MAKE) libMIToolbox.dll "CFLAGS = -O3 -m64"
 
 intel:
 	$(MAKE) libMIToolbox.so "CC = icc" "CFLAGS = -O2 -fPIC -xHost"
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ clean:
 	-rm -fr build
 	-rm -f matlab/*.o matlab/*.mex*
 	-rm -f libMIToolbox.so
-	-rm -f libMIToolbox.a
+	-rm -f libMIToolbox.dll
 
 install: libMIToolbox.so
 	@echo "Installing libMIToolbox.so to $(PREFIX)/lib"

README.md

@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ Compilation instructions:
  - Linux C shared library 
     - run `make x86` or `make x64` for 32-bit or 64-bit versions respectively.
     - run `sudo make install` to install MIToolbox into `/usr/local/lib` and `/usr/local/include`
- - Windows C static library
+ - Windows C dll
 	- install MinGW from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/
 	- add MinGW binaries folders to PATH, e.g. `mingw/bin`, `mingw/msys/bin`
-	- run the included makefile by > `make x64_win`
+	- run `make x64_win` to compile a 64-bit Windows dll.
 
 Update History
  - 08/02/2017 - v3.0.1 - Bug fix to ensure ANSI C compatibility.