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From: Tom Wheeley <tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: conio.h and -lpc problem
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 96 00:07:13 GMT
Organization: City Zen FM
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In article <Ds2x5y DOT 2uB AT cee DOT hw DOT ac DOT uk> pjbk AT cee DOT hw DOT ac DOT uk "Peter JB King" writes:

> In article <31A4878E DOT 4C5F AT xensei DOT com> Joe Johnston <john9904 AT xensei DOT com> writes:> >Hi,
> >      I'm trying to get conio.h functions to work. Before you mention that 
> >this same question ask been asked and answeres 2^16 times, I know that I 
> >ought to compile with the -lpc argument. Even with this, I'm getting the
> >       D:\DJGPP\PROJ>gcc -lpc clr.c -o clr
> >       clr.c(.text+0x14): undefined reference to `getch'       
> >       clr.c(.text+0x22): undefined reference to `putch'
> The problem is the ordre of the arguments to gcc.  It searches the
> library when it has no object file to search for unresolved refeerences.
>  Try this instead
> >       D:\DJGPP\PROJ>gcc clr.c -o clr  -lpc 

Strangely, though, I compiled the exact same program as detailed earlier
and it ran perfectly, even if I omitted the -lpc.  Maybe I am redefining
perfectly, but it seemed to work ok when I tried it...

..splitbung, with a clean install of v2.
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