Hello Rainer, you wrote:
> I've installed the latest version of cygwin (as of today 2.03.04). My PC is > running Windows 2000 with service pack 4. Installation is done on my loca > drive d:. I tried a small "C++" and failed, the reason is totally unclear to > me. > The program is: [...] > The error message is: > $ gcc -o gtest gtest.cc > /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/lauerr/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccCmpxzX.o(.text+0x4d):gtest.cc: > undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init[in-charge]()' > /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/lauerr/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccCmpxzX.o(.text+0x68):gtest.cc: > undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init [in-charge]()' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status g++ is in a separate package named gcc-g++, be sure you have installed this too. Then you need to link against libstdc++ when using gcc as driver: gcc -o gtest gtest.cc -lstdc++ or you use g++ as driver which includes libstdc++ automatically: g++ -o gtest gtest.cc HTH, Gerrit -- =^..^= http://nyckelpiga.de/donate.html -- 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/