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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 13:41:58 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Mark Paulus <commpg AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: problem building program:  undef ref _imp__gettext
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Mark Paulus wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to compile/link a program, and I'm getting the following 
> undefined reference:  _imp__gettext.
> 
> Is there some Environment variable, or something special I need to
> do to enable gettext??  


add -lintl to your link command.

>(BTW, where is the '_imp_' getting 
> pre-pended to the name anyway??)


That's the way shared libraries on windows (DLLs) work.


--Chuck



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