From: jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter) Subject: Re: Stupid stupid remarks 26 Mar 1997 06:24:27 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33389AB5.4BE4.cygnus.gnu-win32@netcom.com> References: <01BC386B.709FACA0@gbird0> <33367A5B.7807@netcom.com> <333897C6.777A@inxpress.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: drs@inxpress.net Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com DRS wrote: > > Jim Balter wrote: > > > Under NT 4.0, the program dies just by virtue of *referencing* > > GetFullPathName, without calling it (as APS said). > > Huh. Must be a bug in the linker. (Not.) It is, and I've proven it. > The following code compiles and works correctly under win95. It has been proven that Win NT misbehaves in cases where win95 does not; ld -s is a well-known example. > // g++ -o test.exe test.cpp This has nothing to do with the bug being discussed. > So even though you and Phil claim to have found a linker bug, I have > yet to be able to reproduce it. So what? You haven't run the same code, nor on the same system. > The correct prototype for GetFullPathName looks like this, Jim: Well known to me, but irrelevant. > Perhaps. But my code seems to work, while yours and Phil's doesn't. ;) Which of course is not the point. But in fact, Phil's code works if -lkernel32 is omitted from the command line. > Regards as always. Not from me. -- - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".