From: janjaap@Wit381304.student.utwente.nl (Jan-Jaap van der Heijden) Subject: Re: Problems with mingw32 GCC 2.8.0 !!! 27 Jan 1998 19:56:09 -0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Fabio Vignoli Cc: GNU-Win32 list , Colin Peters On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Fabio Vignoli wrote: > Hi! > > I downloaded the mingw32 required packages and tried to install on my hd: > > 1) In the installation page: > > http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/installation.html > > You wrote "I shall assume `C:\MINGW32' but another location should be > fine", but it seems that it's not, I tried another directory and gcc > couldn't find the "specs" file in the ...gcc-lib/... > I cannot reproduce this, even when the compiler is executed from a different drive. 1) Did you preserve the trailing slash in GCC_EXEC_PREFIX ? 2) You did replace all `C:\MINGW32' with your alternative path, right? > 2) The problem I encountered when I tried to compile the dlltest or other > tests provided with the packages is more serious, maybe is my inexperience > in using the tool but it seems that WinMain does not exist in any of the > default libraries. (I used jam to compile it). > > I can't report the exact error message because I'm not at home but it > seems that it can't find a reference to WinMain@16. > The problem is an old version of `jam'. It uses GCC's former `-dll' option, which has been renamed to `-mdll'. So, instead of building a DLL, GCC will try to link a .EXE, and fail miserably. I guess Colin will fix this in a future release of jam. In the mean time, I will update my www page to mention the jam problem. Greetings, JanJaap --- With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC1925. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".