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Re: Question about gcc Linker
- To: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <terryl@ultimatetechnology.com>
- Subject: Re: Question about gcc Linker
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:12:35 -0400
- Cc: "'Prof.Dr.U.Kaiser@t-online.de'" <Prof.Dr.U.Kaiser@t-online.de>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- References: <B3953869CBF8D211A1E50004AC4C1B5402F445@ULTIMATE2>
- Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:26:31AM -0400, Lincoln, W. Terry wrote:
>> What additional libraries do i need and how must I adress them in the
>> gcc -l option? I always get a 'no such file or directory' message, when
>> I try to add a library.
>
>You can't link libraries or object files from the Micro$oft format with
>Cygwin gcc. Addressing libraries that are Cygwin such as libXYZ.a is
>done with the switch -LXYZ on the gcc line.
That's not entirely true. Many Microsoft libraries work fine. You should
be able to just specify them on the command line.
cgf
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