From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject: Re: EGCS-Mingw32 Win32
3 Sep 1998 18:10:51 -0700
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To: Paul Garceau <pgarceau AT teleport DOT com>
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On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Paul Garceau wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> 	Just a quick question -- and may be a dumb one...
> 
> 	Under EGCS-Mingw32, why is it necessary to add a -l reference for 
> User32 for a command such as:
> 
> 	gcc test.c -o test.exe
> 
>        in order to generate a successful link?

Paul,

Only if you refer to symbols defined in user32, otherwise no need. Since I
don't know what's in test.c, I can't really provide an informative answer.

Can you send me the following:
  
  1. testcase source file
  2. output of the build:
     
     % gcc -v test.c -o test.exe

Thanks.
Mumit


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