From: lka AT physic DOT ut DOT ee (Andres Heinloo) Subject: Newbie's comments on the FAQ 20.0 3 Nov 1998 01:26:16 -0800 Message-ID: Reply-To: Andres Heinloo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Geoffrey Noer Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi, I just read the new FAQ to find out what's new in the b20. I think that some FAQ sections are a bit outdated based on what I have read in this list last couple of weeks. * "How can I build a relocatable dll?" This is a long description while Mumit Khan wrote on Oct 24 that making a DLL is as simple as dlltool --output-def my.def --add-stdcall-alias [ ... ] *.o dllwrap -o my.dll --def my.def [ .... ]*.o * "How do I link against .lib files?" Few days ago I read from the list that there are patches that make it possible to link against msvc .lib files (but not Borland's). I think that the procedure in this section could be better explained for people like me who have never used Windows compilers and have no idea what "building a dummy LibMain" means. * "How can I compile an Alpha NT toolchain?" I saw some pointers to Alpha binaries in the list, that means the library is ported to Alpha by someone. I think it could be noted in the FAQ, even though the Alpha apparently isn't officially supported. Andres. - 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".