X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 19:38:48 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: BUG (1.5.19-4): libdl.a is missing Message-ID: <20060604233848.GB805@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <44814F26.5030109@bytesage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44814F26.5030109@bytesage.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 01:58:14AM -0700, Daniel Santos wrote: >cygwin (as in the base cygwin package) is missing /lib/libdl.a. The >install for the cygwin package should create a symlink with this name >that links to libcygwin.a in the same directory. Otherwise, builds for >a lot of different software packages are broken. Example is bash-3.1. >It will die at this point: > >gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSHELL -I. -I.. -I../include -I../lib -g >-DCROSS_COMPILING -o mkbuiltins mkbuiltins.o -ldl >/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: >cannot find -ldl >collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > >Create the above symlink and everybody is happy, nobody has to die... I've added a libdl.a to the latest snapshot, however any project which relies on the existence of this library without checking to see if it exists is broken as far as portability is concerned. >Note: It was a pain in the ass to figure out how to report and bug. >Would be nice if there was a bug database or something. There is a "Reporting Problems" link on nearly every page of the cygwin web site. >Will be worse if I have to subscribe to this list to post to it. http://cygwin.com/lists.html states which mailing lists are moderated. You've just discovered that the main cygwin list is not one of them. Phew. I guess we dodged that bullet, at least. I almost came >this< close to having to refund all of your money for the inconvenience you've suffered. 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/