From: garbanzo@hooked.net (Hmmmz)
Subject: Re: .so vs. .dll
7 Jun 1997 09:46:16 -0700
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On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, David Ascher wrote:

> I have a possibly silly question. 
<SNIP> 
> Is there a way to do .so's with gnu-win32, or do I have to make .dll's?

Are you using Win95 or NT?  There has been a problem with Win95, where
when a program in gnu-win32 tries to pad a file with zeros and instead
puts junk in there, and this seems to be hindering making dlls under 95.
 
> I've read the FAQ and the info on making dll's, but this is more basic...
> 
> --david

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