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Subject: Re: BUG gcc-mingw 20040810-1 library search path
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:09:17 +0100
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Reini Urban wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski schrieb:
>> FWIW, I don't know what (if anything) has changed...  I've used "gcc
>> -mno-cygwin" recently with no problems.  What exactly needs to be done to
>> reproduce the problem?
>> Igor
>
> for me this fails:
> install efsprogs and compile a mingw project which uses -luuid
>
> this installs /usr/lib/libuuid.a, which has nothing to do with
> /usr/lib/w32api/libuuid.a and the library search path favours the
> efsprogs lib of course. no mount problem.

Now we get the the bottom of the problem!

It's nothing to do with the gcc-mingw package at all. Instead, it is an
e2fsprogs packaging problem.

Someone want to re-report in a new thread, with an appropriate subject?
e.g. "e2fsprogs installs libuuid.a, hides w32api/libuuid.a"

Max.


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