From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Newbie to DJGPP: linke error undefined reference to main
Date:	4 Oct 2002 18:16:32 GMT
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Sams <ssure AT alldomainregister DOT com> wrote:
[...]

You main problem is the misconception that DJGPP were a Windows compiler. 
It isn't --- it's a DOS compiler.

> When I link it (gcc -o dsapi3.dll dsapi3.o) I got these messages

This action, thus, doesn't make sense.  DLL's are a windows-specific
thing. BTW, even on windows, you wouldn't usually generate a DLL quite
as straightforwardly as what you're trying.

The error message about undefined references to 'main' are
consequential errors, then: a DLL might not need a main program, but
DJGPP can't make DLLs.  It makes DOS programs, which do require a
main() function.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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