1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/install.bat b/install.bat
index dfd94317..a17aff89 100644
--- a/install.bat
+++ b/install.bat
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ vars.LUA_LIBDIR = nil
 vars.LUA_LIBNAME = nil

 vars.LUA_VERSION = "5.1"

 vars.LUA_SHORTV = nil   -- "51"

-vars.LUA_LIB_NAMES = "lua5.1.lib lua51.dll liblua.dll.a"

+-- MinGW does not generate .lib, nor needs it to link, but MSVC does

+-- so .lib must be listed first to ensure they are found first if present.

+-- To prevent MSVC trying to link to a .dll, which won't work.

+vars.LUA_LIB_NAMES = "lua5.1.lib lua51.lib lua5.1.dll lua51.dll liblua.dll.a"

 vars.LUA_RUNTIME = nil

 vars.UNAME_M = nil

 

@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ Configuring the Lua interpreter:
                /LIB, and /BIN options.

 /INC [dir]     Location of Lua includes - e.g. c:\lua\5.1\include

                If provided overrides sub directory found using /LUA.

-/LIB [dir]     Location of Lua libraries (.dll) - e.g. c:\lua\5.1\lib

+/LIB [dir]     Location of Lua libraries (.dll/.lib) - e.g. c:\lua\5.1\lib

                If provided overrides sub directory found using /LUA.

 /BIN [dir]     Location of Lua executables - e.g. c:\lua\5.1\bin

                If provided overrides sub directory found using /LUA.