Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <200412172135.iBHLZXAj001234@jalapeno.cc.columbia.edu> From: "Daniel Starin" To: "'Cygwin List'" Cc: Subject: RE: Visual Studio linking Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:36:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20041212173750.02f613c8@pop.prospeed.net> X-No-Spam-Score: Local X-IsSubscribed: yes So, I realized I had the compile option "Use Managed Extensions" on in VS .NET and that was causing the problem. Now that I can include the libs in my project, are there any header files that I can include from Visual Studio to use them?... When I include from the cygwin/usr/include directory, for example, I get errors like this... test4.cpp C:\cygwin\usr\include\sys\_types.h(15) : error C2144: syntax error : '__int64' should be preceded by ';' C:\cygwin\usr\include\sys\_types.h(15) : error C2501: '__extension__' : missing storage-class or type specifiers ..... Thanks, Dan -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:51 PM To: Daniel Starin; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: alastair DOT growcott AT bakbone DOT co DOT uk Subject: Re: Visual Studio linking At 05:39 PM 12/12/2004, you wrote: >Hi. > > I am also trying to use functions implemented in cygwin1.dll with >Visual Studio as discussed below. After started a blank console application >and following steps below, I get to linking which gives me the following >error: > >Linking... >LIBCMTD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2005: _mainCRTStartup already defined in >crt0.obj > >Any suggestions? Sure. Duck and run! You're clearly getting both the Cygwin and MS C run times linked in, which suggests you're using functionality from both. This can be dangerous in the extreme if you don't know what you're doing. In your particular case, you end up trying to link against CRT initialization routines from both libraries, which is clearly a recipe for disaster if it's not handled correctly. Doing this type of thing as the series of steps provided is no better than a work-around. It may work. It may not. If Alastair is willing to help you out with your case, that's great. But you should be warned that his approach isn't supported. Use it at your own risk. We're still looking for someone who's interested enough in this subject to re-enable automatic support for this in the Cygwin DLL itself. But it's been years since it worked and the level of interest by anyone on this list has never produced results unfortunately... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/