On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 12:03:19PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jan 11 08:59, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>>Jacek Piskozub wrote:
>>>Gerritt wrote,
>>>>$self->{LIBS} = [q{ -L/lib/w32api -lnetapi32 -lwininet -lversion -lmpr
>>>>-lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lwinmm -lstdc++ -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid
>>>>-lcomctl32 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -lntdll }];
>>>
>>>>Now the question is which of these libs can be removed and which needs
>>>>to stay?
>>>
>>>I believe the real underlying cause is that /lib/w32api/libntdll.a
>>>contains a atoi function header (I see that in
>>>http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/w32api/lib/ntdll.def?cvsroot=src
>>>together with a zillion other WinNT/2K/XP functions). This is wrong
>>>because Win9x have only a very limited set of functions in ntdll.dll.
>>
>>Yes, I thought it is a w32api bug at first too. Who is the maintainer
>>of w32api?
>
>The MingW team. However, the symbols in ntdll.def are there already
>for a long time and they are apparently ok even though it rolls up my
>toe nails. Also, the fact that 9x has only a limited set of functions
>in this DLL doesn't mean that the NT symbols shouldn't be present.
>
>Explicit linking against ntdll is the problem here. I guess the "right
>thing" would be to link against -lcygwin first.
Or not explicitly linking against ntdll. It will obviously be called in
if it is needed.
cgf
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