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To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dar=EDo?= Mariani <dmarian AT fi DOT uba DOT ar>
cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Some problems compiling 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Dec 1999 15:32:25 -0300."
             <384FF5B9 DOT 8A864C21 AT fi DOT uba DOT ar> 
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:32:58 -0600
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU>

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dar=EDo?= Mariani <dmarian AT fi DOT uba DOT ar> writes:
> Hello:
>   I'm quite new to Cygwin on Win98. I'm receiving the following errors
> while compiling:
> 
> C:\\CYGNUS\\CYGWIN~1\\H-I586~1\\BIN\\..\\lib\\gcc-lib\\i586-cygwin32\\egcs-2.
> 91.57\\..\\..\\..\\..\\i586-cygwin32\\include\\io.h:12:
> warning: return-type of `setmode' defaults to `int'
> /CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/as.exe: bfd assertion fail
> /home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/bfd/coff-i386.c:479
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:28: Error: Cannot represent relocation type
> BFD_RELOC_386_GOTPC
> 
>   what's causing this? Thanks,

Do *NOT* use -fpic or -fPIC when compiling. And, while you're at it, you
definitely want to upgrade to a newer compiler. See:

  http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ 

for details. Newer versions of the compiler will warn you and then ignore
these pic/PIC flags.

Regards,
Mumit


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