Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 21:34:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Hansen <mhansen AT texas DOT net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, jvinson AT jmd1ux DOT ecs DOT umass DOT edu
Subject: Re: including funny-named libraries

On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > I've got some libraries which don't follow the libXXX.a format that GCC
> > expects for the -l linker option.  (They are *.lib).  Is there some way I
> > can tell the linker to look for .lib files?  If I just tell the linker to
> > add the filename, it complains with "File format not recognized" and stops.
> 
> Most probably, you won't be able to use those .lib files with DJGPP.  But
> to learn more about this problem and how, if at all, it can be solved in
> your case, read the DJGPP FAQ list, Chapter 17.  You can get the FAQ list
> as faq100.zip from the same place you get DJGPP.
> 
Interesting topic.  Does anyone know where I can get documentation on .o 
format and .obj format?