From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan) Subject: Re: Linking MS.lib with Cygnus-Win32 2 Jul 1998 06:25:33 -0700 Message-ID: <9807011625.AA26479.cygnus.gnu-win32@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu> References: <3598FEB6 DOT 446B9B3D AT sia8 DOT elet DOT polimi DOT it> To: Edoardo Portaluppi Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Edoardo Portaluppi writes: > I have seen the letter that Mikey wrote in 18 Dec 1997 to Cygnus-mailing > list: he said that a new version of ld.exe allows to link MS.lib files > and libcygnus.a type files as well.I tried to download the code from > the ftp address he gave (ftp.deninc.com/incoming), but it wasn't > possible (they don't like anonymous visitors!?). > So I want to know if someone has already taken and used this new version > of ld.exe and where I can find it (if someone could send it to me, I > really really thank him in advance). Yes, I've used it, and it's the standard linker for i386-beos and i386-uwin (yet another posix emulation layer) where the ability to link to MSVC created libs is a must. I however don't have the ftp space to put it up, nor the time to build it for i386-cygwin32, but I'll be glad to supply you with the patches against binutils-2.9.1 and you can build it yourself. The only gotcha I've found is that *all* C++ libraries need to be recompiled due to a change in the BFD. This is also totally unsupported, which means that I'll silently ignore questions on how to use it and so on. The patches are archived at: ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin32/ snapshots/msvc-compat-binutils (join the two lines above) Alternatively, you can try Mikey's binary distribution at: ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin32/msvc-compat/ Disclaimer: I trust that it is complete, but I have never used it. Do not send me bug reports. Regards, Mumit - 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".