From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: problem with string class (not string.h vs. String.h) 3 May 1998 04:56:12 -0700 Message-ID: <19980503020136.17915.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1e.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Steve Lane , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Please see the IMPORTANT UPGRADE NOTICE at the end if this note. ---Steve Lane wrote: > > I just downloaded and installed beta 19.1. No problems, everything > went fine. I've been using it to work through "C++ Primer", 3/e (good > book, LOTS of misprints this edition), generally without problems > (i.e. templates, etc. work fine). > > However... > > This won't work, and it works fine on other compilers (i.e. g++ v. 2.8.1 > running > on a DEC Alpha): > > in file test.cc: > > #include > > int main() > { > string str( "string" ); > return 0; > } > > I get a whole list of errors that look like the following: > > mrsteve >> g++ -lg++ -I/Cygnus/b19/include/g++ -o test test.cc > C:\Cygnus\B19\H-i386-cygwin32\lib\gcc-lib\i386-cygwin32\2.7-B19\../../../libstdc > > ++.a(cstrmain.o): In function > `$_t12basic_string2ZcZt18string_char_traits1Zc': > /home/noer/src/97r2/devo/libstdc++/std/bastring.h:163: multiple definition > of `b > asic_string >::~basic_string(void)' > C:\TEMP\cc0010361.o(.text$_$_t12basic_string2ZcZt18string_char_traits1Zc+0x0):te > > st.cc: first defined here > > (plus about nine more multiply defined class methods, constructors, etc.) > > As can be seen from the command line above, this problem is not solved by > linking against the g++ library, or by explicitly including the g++ include > directory. I would LOVE to know what the problem is. The error messages > seem to indicate that something is being multiply defined/included, but I've > been > through the header files some (the #include recursions get pretty hairy > after a bit), > and I couldn't find any obvious problems. > > The version info is > > mrsteve >> g++ -v > Reading specs from > C:\Cygnus\B19\H-i386-cygwin32\lib\gcc-lib\i386-cygwin32\2.7-B > 19\specs > gcc driver version 2.7-B19 executing gcc version 2.7-97r2aBeta > > and > > mrsteve >> uname -a > CYGWIN32_NT CROAKER 4.0 19.1 i686 unknown > > Any help would be much appreciated -- thanks in advance! > > -Steve Lane > - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- --earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com-- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- Check out these great gnu-win32 related sites: ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/ (ftp site) http://www.cygnus.com/pubs/gnupro/ (Comercial Page) http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ (Project Page) http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32 (Mail Archives) http://www.itribe.net/virtunix/winhelp-man-pages/ (HTML Man Pages) http://www.lexa.ru/sos (Sergey Okhapkin) ftp://www.lexa.ru/pub/domestic/sos/ (Sergey's ftp site) http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~colin/gcc.html (Colin Peters - Mingw32) http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ (Mumit Khan) ftp://ftp.hksys.com/pub/mirrors/EGCS-Win32/ (Jeremy Bettis - mirror) http://gnu-win32.paranoia.ru (Chuck Bogorad's ports) http://www.bestweb.net/~aka/gnu-win32/ (GNU-Win32 Bash Configuration) http://rcw.home.ml.org/ (Rob Warner - software ports) http://www.wenet.net/~garbanzo/gnuwin32/ (more - software portals) http://www.wenet.net/~garbanzo/gnuwin32/rpm (Redhat Package Manager) http://www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp/index_text.html (Andy Piper - ports) http://www.tiac.net/users/cgf (Christopher Faylor - package ports) ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/ (German mirror) http://www.dol.ru/users/valtul (Valery Tulnikov - software ports) Help for Win32 Beginners: http://www.relisoft.com http://www.program.com/resources/win32.html DISCLAIMER: These links or links from these pages to other sites do not constitute an endorsement of any entities, advertisers, products or services therein. I am not responsible for and do not control or monitor the content of these sites or the accuracy of information found therein. -------------------- IMPORTANT UPGRADE NOTICE ------------------------ You should get the following to update your cygwinb19 package: Sergey Okhapkin's coolview package which contains an updated cygwinb19.dll. (Yes, even if you've already downloaded the b19.1 update from the Cygnus Site). Mumit Khan's compilation of EGCS for the cygwinb19.dll; especially if your using the C++ compiler. The current version of the compiler that comes with the tools have lots of problems that have been fixed with the EGCS version. This is a drop-in replacement for the GCC toolset. URL's are listed above. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".