X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <9C86CC343078443EBDB1E3F6319817C5@HPLAPTOP> From: "Aaron Gray" To: References: <0B6EC281074944D3A83436895774D25D@HPLAPTOP> <20090306221734.GA10652@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Subject: Re: ld library problems Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:41:53 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 10:09:51PM -0000, Aaron Gray wrote: >>I have some Linux code that uses ld and ld finds '.a' archive files >>when given a -L path. Cygwin's ld is not seeing these files and I have >>to specifically list them with -l. >> >>Anyone shine some light on this ? Do I have to use '.la' ? Or what ? > > We can't shed light on this without details. Please provide some > specific examples. From what I am seeing (this is not a tested example) Given 'libTest2.a' in '/usr/build/Debug/lib' g++ -share -L/usr/build/Debug/lib test.o -o test.dll This fails to find test2.a on Cygwin where it is found on Linux. Where as the following works :- g++ -share -L/usr/build/Debug/lib test.o -o test.dll -ltest2.a Aaron -- 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/