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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:47:28 -0500
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Jeff Bader wrote:
> Using GCC: For ld to find "-luser32", I downloaded a version of w32api
> and then copied the libuser32 file into the main cygwin library. Why
> was this necessary to use GCC? Why could I not just install the devel
> package and be done with it?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
Because the devel package in Cygwin is for making CYGWIN apps, not 
Windows apps. To make Windows apps you need to install the mingw tools 
and then use the "-mno-cygwin" option so the system knows to use the 
mingw tools to build a Windows program.


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