Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/01/28/21:00:12
Mirko wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to compile a c code that has been developed on linux
> (monte-carlo plasma simulation).
>
> (Ahem, keep in mind that I am not a master programmer or linux user, so
> I may be going a bit over my head)
>
> The code consists of two utilities, xgrafix and xdp1. xgrafix creates a
> library that xpdp1 is supposed to link to.
>
> I managed to compile the xgrafix and generate the library (the makefile
> uses the ar command for that). However, when trying to link xpdp1, the
> linker fails to recognize the xgrafix library, even though the path is
> correct or if I move the library to the working directory.
>
> From browsing the cygwin mailing list I gleaned that I may in fact need
> to create a .dll and not an .a and that the linker is failing because it
> can link only with a dll. Correct?So my question is three-fold:
>
> 1) am I supposed to create a dll instead of an a(rchive)
> 2) if so, should I use the instructions in the cygwin docs regarding the
> makings of a dll? I ask that because in those instructions, we use gcc
> while in the original makefile, we used ar.
> 3) Is cygwin the right environment for this? I like to have it on my
> pc, and would rather not have to learn to use mingw.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mirko
>
>
Well, half an hour after posting my question, I was poking at the mingw
site I found a link to a tutorial that mentined the -lXXX and libXXX.a
naming convention. Sure enough, when I applied the correct naming
scheme the linker found the library. I now have other issues and
questions, but I want to tinker a bit more before coming out more questions.
Mirko
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