Below are (1) a simple dll (dds.dll) and (2) a simple main program (dtest.cpp). After much experimentation I have reduced my problem to this tiny test case.
If I compile (1) with cygwin and (2) with mingw, the resulting program segfaults when run. (1) with cygwin and (2) with cygwin works. (1) with mingw and (2) with mingw works. (1) with mingw and (2) with cygwin works. There are also combinations with Microsoft cl that work. Why does it segfault? It's driving me nuts. g++ v4.8.3, mingw v4.8.2. % uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 CDD-NB01 1.7.30(0.272/5/3) 2014-05-23 10:36 i686 Cygwin Thanks, Soren ----- % cat dds.cpp #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int __stdcall identify() { return 17; } % cat dtest.cpp #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) int __stdcall identify(); int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { printf("Return value is %d\n", identify()); return TRUE; } This compilation leads to the fail: g++ -o dds.dll -shared dds.cpp -Wl,--subsystem,windows i686-w64-mingw32-g++ -o dtest dtest.cpp -Wl,--subsystem,windows -L./ -ldds This compilation works: i686-w64-mingw32-g++ -shared dds.cpp -Wl,--subsystem,windows -o dds.dll g++ dtest.cpp -Wl,--subsystem,windows -L./ -ldds -o dtest -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple