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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:26:41 -0400
To:	"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net>
Cc:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com, cygwin users <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Error reading line numbers ?
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In-Reply-To:	<001201be8a00$50929790$0568d1d0@hunda>; from Suhaib M. Siddiqi on Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 09:02:35PM -0400

It's a side effect of the installation process.  There is no reason to use it
and, frankly, I'm constantly amazed that people try.  When do you ever need to
use -lc on UNIX?

cgf

On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 09:02:35PM -0400, Suhaib M. Siddiqi wrote:
>> --- "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > I have compiled my program with -c -g option's and linked it with libc.a,
>> > libm.a,libcygwin.a an librpclib.a and got this error when I start it:
>> > > 
>> > 
>> > You do not neet to link against libc.a, libcygwin.a is enough.
>> --8<--
>> 
>> This brings up the question of why libc.a is even included in the distribution
>> package?  Is there a useful purpose for it?  Is there documentation as to when
>> you might want to use libc.a over libcygwin.a?
>> 
>
>I would like to know the answers of your questions too :-)
>
>Suhaib
>
>
>
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