Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:31:30 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: problem with library search path when targeting mingw
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 06:10:36PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>  Thanks for the report.  This has been mentioned before, it's a problem in
>gcc's 'specs', which are command-line pattern matching strings (more-or-less)
>used by the gcc compiler driver to select the right options for the
>sub-programs that it invokes.  It's basically a consequence of the fact that
>we're using the same driver to drive a native compiler /and/ a cross-compiler;
>normally, a cross-compiler wouldn't include any of the system paths such as
>/usr/lib at all, but for a native compiler that's exactly what you want it to
>do.

The /usr/lib inclusion is actually likely to be a binutils "problem"
since ld includes /usr/lib by default.  Possibly adding -Wl,-nostdlib to
the command line would help.

In any event, I really think that -mno-cygwin is 1) a bad choice for an
option name and 2) a bad way to accomplish what is essentially
cross-compilation.  I regret that I stood by idly and watched that
option go into gcc.

cgf

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