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From: "Bengt AT Playboj DOT com" <bengt AT playboj DOT com>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: gcc 2.8.1 + RSXNT
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:59:32 +0100
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Thanks a lot, it works now... I have no idea why it worked with the earlier
version of gcc though... I did use the same specs file... anyway it works
now so I'm happy:)

-----Original Message-----
From: bowman <bowman AT montana DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date: den 1 december 1998 19:31
Subject: Re: gcc 2.8.1 + RSXNT


>
>
>"Bengt AT Playboj DOT com" wrote:
>>
>> c:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lc_app: No such file or directory
(ENOENT)
>> the specs code you typed, is that a fix for this? If so where in the
specs
>> file should I put it, (and what happends to the specs file in
>> djggp\lib\gcc-lib\2.81? shall I replace it?, right now it uses the
>> rsxnt\lib\specs file...?
>
>I didn't use the suggested fix, since I prefer to just use the single
>thread
>library, but the idea is the same.
>
>-------------------------- rsxnt\lib\specs
>--------------------------------
>.....
>
>*link:
>%{Zwin32: -Lc:/rsxntdj/lib/all -Lc:/rsxntdj/lib/st}
>
>.....
>
>
>If you look at /rsxntdj/lib/ you'll see three subdirectories, /All, /Mt,
>and /St.
>The single thread (St) and multithread (Mt), contain several libraries,
>including the libc_app.a the linker can't find. By adding the above line
>to the specs file in the /rsxntdj/lib/, the linker will look in the
>single threaded, /St, and use those libraries. The other fix would let
>you select Mt or St with a command line option.
>
>For whatever reason, the specs file provided with rsxntdj will include
>neither directory, and will fail on linking.
>
>
>On the ld.exe question: I am using the ld.exe provided with binutils. It
>seems to work fine. The ld.exe from rsxntdj will silently ignore
>whatever it cannot find during linking, allowing the application to
>crash the first time it tries to call the missing function. This is
>extremely poor behavior, especially since the linker, as it is set up,
>doesn't look too hard. libcomct.a, for instance, is not searched by
>default.