X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <1cf9399b0711191305x64b38e3oe873331a93e5b9c5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:05:14 -0800 From: "Jeff Bader" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Library issues with GCC - libuser32 In-Reply-To: <4741F660.8050202@wbemsolutions.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1cf9399b0711191222g143869efvdc3e263e9ced29ca@mail.gmail.com> <4741F660.8050202@wbemsolutions.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Ah, thank you very much! On Nov 19, 2007 12:47 PM, Jim Marshall wrote: > > 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. > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/