From: "John Smith" <discman_64 AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: crappy rhide
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:40:18 -0400
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>
>Hmm... Humor me for a minute and try this:
>
> Switch to the DJGPP\LIB subdirectory
> Type:
> REN libstd~1.a libstdcx.a
> ("The '~' is a tilde, not a hyphen)
> Try compiling your program again.  Did it work this time?
>
>If that fixed things, you had the same problem I did: the linker refuses
>to recognize libstdcxx.a, because it's a long file name ("libstdcxx"
>consists of more than 8 characters).  Renaming the file to "libstdcx.a"
>makes it a regular DOS 8.3 file name.  I have no idea why this causes a
>problem for only a few people, and the majority has no trouble at all,
>but there you have it....
>
>-Jesse
>
No... didnt change a thing.....