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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:12:35 -0400
To: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <terryl AT ultimatetechnology DOT com>
Cc: "'Prof DOT Dr DOT U DOT Kaiser AT t-online DOT de'" <Prof DOT Dr DOT U DOT Kaiser AT t-online DOT de>,
        cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Question about gcc Linker
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In-Reply-To: <B3953869CBF8D211A1E50004AC4C1B5402F445@ULTIMATE2>; from Lincoln, W. Terry on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:26:31AM -0400

On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:26:31AM -0400, Lincoln, W. Terry wrote:
>> What additional libraries do i need and how must I adress them in the
>> gcc -l option? I always get a 'no such file or directory' message, when
>> I try to add a library.
>
>You can't link libraries or object files from the Micro$oft format with
>Cygwin gcc.  Addressing libraries that are Cygwin such as libXYZ.a is
>done with the switch -LXYZ on the gcc line.

That's not entirely true.  Many Microsoft libraries work fine.  You should
be able to just specify them on the command line.

cgf

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