src/Makefile.win32 unfortunately does not provide an install target. Rather, it resorts to post-build logging of potentially all result files that are relevant to a user:


static: inform $(CFG)/cairo-static.lib
dynamic: inform $(CFG)/cairo.dll

$(CFG)/cairo.dll: $(OBJECTS)
        @$(LD) $(CAIRO_LDFLAGS) -DLL -OUT:$@ $(CAIRO_LIBS) $(PIXMAN_LIBS) $(OBJECTS)

$(CFG)/cairo-static.lib: $(OBJECTS_STATIC)
        @$(AR) $(CAIRO_ARFLAGS) -OUT:$@ $(PIXMAN_LIBS) $(OBJECTS_STATIC)

all: inform $(CFG)/cairo.dll $(CFG)/cairo-static.lib
        @echo "Built successfully!"
        @echo "You should copy the following files to a proper place now:"
        @echo ""
        @echo " cairo-version.h (NOTE: toplevel, not the src/cairo-version.h one!)"
        @echo " src/cairo-features.h"
        @for x in $(enabled_cairo_headers); do echo "   src/$$x"; done
        @echo " src/$(CFG)/cairo.dll"
        @echo " src/$(CFG)/cairo-static.lib"


To add insult to injury, this to-be-installed files list is incomplete since it fails to mention the required link-time *dynamic* .lib (likely **implicitly** produced by the $(LD) invocation for cairo.dll above - as opposed to all other openly mentioned targets - yet nonetheless crucial).

This caused interim chaos and despair (read: considerable delay) due to not having placed all required files for other people to be using (in the non-static case, i.e.: cairo.dll/cairo.lib pair).
The reason that this issue was not caught in-place is that I was directly transplanting the "official, authoritative" list into CMake install parts, rather than having a look at the result directory contents itself, where I would then possibly have wondered about that additional file.

So, it seems there's that additional line missing:
        @echo " src/$(CFG)/cairo.lib"

Severity major since it kills usability/productivity and that little effort ought to be fixed quickly.

Thanks!