Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:13:54 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: atoi() missing on Win98, perl extension breaks Message-ID: <20050111151354.GA12330@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <41E2E111.5040701@iopan.gda.pl> <41E2E529.1020603@familiehaase.de> <41E2EBF1.8050108@iopan.gda.pl> <41E2ED4F.6030901@familiehaase.de> <41E37543.1000102@iopan.gda.pl> <41E38760.9090808@familiehaase.de> <20050111110318.GO23702@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050111110318.GO23702@cygbert.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 12:03:19PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Jan 11 08:59, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >>Jacek Piskozub wrote: >>>Gerritt wrote, >>>>$self->{LIBS} = [q{ -L/lib/w32api -lnetapi32 -lwininet -lversion -lmpr >>>>-lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lwinmm -lstdc++ -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid >>>>-lcomctl32 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -lntdll }]; >>> >>>>Now the question is which of these libs can be removed and which needs >>>>to stay? >>> >>>I believe the real underlying cause is that /lib/w32api/libntdll.a >>>contains a atoi function header (I see that in >>>http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/w32api/lib/ntdll.def?cvsroot=src >>>together with a zillion other WinNT/2K/XP functions). This is wrong >>>because Win9x have only a very limited set of functions in ntdll.dll. >> >>Yes, I thought it is a w32api bug at first too. Who is the maintainer >>of w32api? > >The MingW team. However, the symbols in ntdll.def are there already >for a long time and they are apparently ok even though it rolls up my >toe nails. Also, the fact that 9x has only a limited set of functions >in this DLL doesn't mean that the NT symbols shouldn't be present. > >Explicit linking against ntdll is the problem here. I guess the "right >thing" would be to link against -lcygwin first. Or not explicitly linking against ntdll. It will obviously be called in if it is needed. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/