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`dlltool(1)` on Solnix vs Linux and the BSDs

dlltool is the GNU binutils tool that creates .def files, exports files and import libraries for building DLLs. It is not in the base Solnix system; install pkgs.solnix.binutils. The Solnix page and the Linux (binutils-2.46) page document the same synopsis and options, and no BSD counterpart page is in the bundle.

The manual pages

Solnix: dlltool(1) from pkgs.solnix.binutils

What Solnix runs

Not installed by default: add pkgs.solnix.binutils. The bundle lists no other illumos variants of dlltool.

Differences

Compared with	Topic	What differs
Linux	same program	The Solnix dlltool(1) page and the Linux dlltool(1) page (binutils-2.46) show the same SYNOPSIS and the same option list. The option text compared in the bundle is identical apart from line wrapping. Treat them as the same program. Source: Solnix dlltool(1) SYNOPSIS, OPTIONS; Linux dlltool(1) SYNOPSIS, OPTIONS
Linux	availability	On a default Solnix system dlltool is not on PATH. Install pkgs.solnix.binutils to get it. The Linux page does not say how Linux distributions package it. Source: Solnix bundle header (command on PATH: none: install pkgs.solnix.binutils); Linux dlltool(1)
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD	no BSD counterpart page	The bundle has no FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD dlltool page. The manual text provided does not say whether dlltool exists on those systems or how it differs there. Source: Bundle header (only a linux counterpart is listed)
Linux	`-m` long form	The Solnix page lists the long form of `-m` as `-machine`, with a single dash, in the OPTIONS text. The SYNOPSIS shows `--machine`. The Linux SYNOPSIS also shows `--machine`. The Linux OPTIONS text for `-m` is trimmed in the bundle, so it cannot be compared. Source: Solnix dlltool(1) OPTIONS (-m machine, -machine machine) and SYNOPSIS; Linux dlltool(1) SYNOPSIS
Linux	`-D` long form	Both SYNOPSIS sections show `-D`\|`--dllname` name. The Solnix OPTIONS text writes the long option as `--dll-name` name. The mechanically extracted flags list both `--dll-name` and `--dllname`. Source: Solnix dlltool(1) SYNOPSIS and OPTIONS (-D name, --dll-name name); Linux dlltool(1) SYNOPSIS
Linux	`-b` long form	The Solnix OPTIONS text writes the long form as `--base-file` base-file-name in the first pass, with the argument written as filename. Both systems use `-b`/-`-base-file` with a filename argument. The documented behaviour is the same. Source: Solnix dlltool(1) OPTIONS (-b); Linux dlltool(1) OPTIONS (-b)

Standards

POSIX: dlltool is not a POSIX.1-2024 utility.

Writing portable scripts

Do not assume dlltool is installed. On Solnix install pkgs.solnix.binutils first. The bundle gives no information about BSD systems.
Pass long options in the form shown in the SYNOPSIS (for example --dllname and --machine), because the OPTIONS text spells some long forms differently.

Every difference here is taken from the manual pages linked above: Solnix's published page, Linux (man-pages and the GNU and util-linux manuals), FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. Each row names its source. Where a manual is silent, this page is too. Compiled 2026-10-26. Found a mistake? Mail hackers@lists.solnix.io.