From:	lka AT physic DOT ut DOT ee (Andres Heinloo)
Subject:	Newbie's comments on the FAQ 20.0
3 Nov 1998 01:26:16 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<Pine.GSO.3.95q.981102132229.15218A-100000.cygnus.gnu-win32@rubiin.physic.ut.ee>
Reply-To:	Andres Heinloo <lka AT physic DOT ut DOT ee>
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To:	Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hi,

I just read the new FAQ to find out what's new in the b20. I think that
some FAQ sections are a bit outdated based on what I have read in this
list last couple of weeks.

* "How can I build a relocatable dll?"

This is a long description while Mumit Khan wrote on Oct 24 that making
a DLL is as simple as

  dlltool --output-def my.def --add-stdcall-alias [ ... ] *.o
  dllwrap -o my.dll --def my.def [ .... ]*.o

* "How do I link against .lib files?"

Few days ago I read from the list that there are patches that make it
possible to link against msvc .lib files (but not Borland's). 

I think that the procedure in this section could be better explained for
people like me who have never used Windows compilers and have no idea what
"building a dummy LibMain" means.

* "How can I compile an Alpha NT toolchain?"

I saw some pointers to Alpha binaries in the list, that means the library
is ported to Alpha by someone. I think it could be noted in the FAQ, even
though the Alpha apparently isn't officially supported.


Andres.

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