At 09:27 PM 2/11/2004, Vikram Shrowty you wrote: >Hi, > I have a windows static .lib that I want to use in a cygwin program. > Now, since >the .lib requires the microsoft c-runtime, I cant directly link it into >my cygwin program. So I thought I'd make a dll out of it that is linked >with the microsoft >c-runtime and then link with the import lib of that dll. > So I did this to try and create the dll: >%gcc -mno-cygwin -shared -o mydll.dll -Wl,--export-all-symbols >-Wl,--whole-archive windows_static.lib Wl,--no-whole-archive > >But im getting these errors: >fu000001.o(.idata$3+0xc): undefined reference to `_libmsvcrt_a_iname' >fu000002.o(.idata$3+0xc): undefined reference to `_libmsvcrt_a_iname' >fu000003.o(.idata$3+0xc): undefined reference to `_libmsvcrt_a_iname' >fu000004.o(.idata$3+0xc): undefined reference to `_libmsvcrt_a_iname' >fu000005.o(.idata$3+0xc): undefined reference to `_libmsvcrt_a_iname' >fu000006.o(.idata$3+0xc): more undefined references to >`_libmsvcrt_a_iname' follow >nmth000000.o(.idata$4+0x0): undefined reference to `__nm___pctype' >nmth000014.o(.idata$4+0x0): undefined reference to `__nm____mb_cur_max' >nmth000028.o(.idata$4+0x0): undefined reference to `__nm___iob' > >And these warnings: >Warning: .drectve `-defaultlib:OLDNAMES ' unrecognized >Warning: .drectve `-defaultlib:LIBCMT ' unrecognized >Warning: .drectve `-defaultlib:OLDNAMES ' unrecognized >Warning: .drectve `-defaultlib:LIBCMT ' unrecognized >Warning: .drectve `-defaultlib:OLDNAMES ' unrecognized >. >. >many more of these. > > > >First of all, am I going down the right path in linking to the lib?
No, not at all unfortunately. Doing this doesn't get you around your initial stated concern, which is a valid one, of linking MSVCRT. You'll either need to remove the dependency in the library code itself or forgo using the library. There's a slim chance you'd get lucky and squeak by with both MSVCRT and cygwin1.dll in the same code but if you don't know what you're doing, the likelihood of success for this is minimal. I can't recommend it. >And >if so, what am >I doing wrong. I guess, in a nutshell, you're starting from a faulty premise as I explained above. The rest of what you see is just fallout from that first mistep. Sorry I don't have better news for you. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
