From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: Re: problem with EGCS on gun-win32 b18!! HELP
15 Dec 1997 06:16:17 -0800
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To: vischne AT ibm DOT net
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com



>From: vischne AT ibm DOT net
>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:52:37 GMT
>Subject: Re: problem with EGCS on gun-win32 b18!! HELP
>To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com DOT Mumit DOT Khan DOT Fri (khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu),
>        "12.Dec.1997.19":30:36 DOT -0600 AT out5 DOT ibm DOT net
>
>root  writes:
>> Hi!
>>       When I compile a C++ code with egcs (over gnuwin32 b18) on 
win95, I get
>> no errors. (the
>> code works fine on my linux box). But when I run the executable, I 
get
>> an error
>> message telling me that I miss the "abort.dll" file. What the hell 
could
>> this be due to?
>Dumping egcs right over gnu-win32 b18 is probably idea, given that 
others
>seem to be having trouble as well. One thing to watch out for is that 
you
>CANNOT use import libraries (eg., kernel32.a or libcygwin32.a) that 
were
>created with b18 tools. You must use the egcs supplied ones.
>
>That's interesting.  The first version of ming were compatible with 
kernel32.
>I wonder why it is necessary to have two separate setups, one cygwin 
and one
>mingw32, when the cygwin ./configure and make capabilities are so much 
better
>at this time.  It seems to make more sense to have ming as an auxiliary 
system,
>and use the cygwin tools to run ming.

I have read, I believe on the gnu-win32 webpage, that this is planned 
for a future release; however, it won't be in B19.

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