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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:49:10 -0500
To: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>,
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From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: libdinput.a
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At 01:51 AM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
>--- Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>> At 02:18 AM 3/27/2004, you wrote:
>> >On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:07:08AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote:
>> >> >How do I link against .lib files? <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html>
>> >> 
>> >> Yeah, I'd say this entry is a bit out-of-date, though the information
>> isn't
>> >> wrong.  You should be able to use the '.lib' files directly.  Just list
>> them
>> >> like you would object files.  Feel free to make whatever additions are 
>> >> necessary to the DirectX stuff to support your work.  Please consider 
>> >> submitting patches for whatever you do.
>> > 
>> >I'd love to correct the entry, which appears to be
>> >
>> ><http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC103>
>> >
>> >but I don't really know what's out-of-date. 
>> 
>> 
>> What's there is fine but a bit complicated for the (hopefully) typical 
>> case.  Presuming that 'foo.lib' is a static or import library with C-callable
>> entry points, you can list 'foo.lib' as an object file for gcc/g++, just 
>> like any other '*.o'.
>
>Right. That is now reflected in the FAQ.


Great, thanks!



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