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From: geneSmith <gene DOT smith AT sea DOT siemens DOT com>
Subject: Re: __getreent undefined on linux app build
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:11:29 -0400
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Larry Hall wrote, On 6/11/2004 5:22 PM:
> Yes, libcygwin.a is the import library.  But I don't understand why you 
> need it (or -lc either for that matter).  Just compiling with Cygwin's
> gcc/g++ gets you all this, unless you're using -mno-cygwin, in which 
> case you're undoing it by explicitly linking Cygwin anyway.  Clearly,
> you're doing something I don't understand but in the whole sheme of 
> things, my understanding of your problem isn't a requirement for
> anything. ;-)

When I made a hello world which calls printf I don't have to do -lc on 
gcc cmd line. But when I make a lib which calls c lib functions, I have 
to provide -lc (and -lcygwin). Not doing -mno-cygwin.

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