X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4e41f5c20707290842j6175d78cgf71921bb0f0bada1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:42:53 -0400 From: "Morgan Gangwere" <0 DOT fractalus AT gmail DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Creating dll in cygwin gives "Undefined reference" errors In-Reply-To: <46AB5AFF.A5AA4C8E@dessent.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5f0807670707280532t44a7d607vf92a06231313d5d9 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <5f0807670707280535u71d26ef6s4b0af545f30cd04f AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <46AB5AFF DOT A5AA4C8E AT dessent DOT net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 > The undefined reference is because fundamentally ELF (Linux) and PE/COFF > (Windows) are very different in terms of how linking works under the > hood. The short explanation is that PE/COFF requires all references to > be resolved at link-time, thus you have to explicitly tell the linker > where createlog() is to be found. > > But I've typed this explanation so many times, I think I'll just start > linking to past copies of it: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg00675.html > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-12/msg00592.html > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-06/msg00450.html how about a List Of Reference Threads? -- Morgan gangwere "Space does not reflect society, it expresses it." -- Castells, M., Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in the Information Age, in The Cybercities Reader, S. Graham, Editor. 2004, Routledge: London. p. 82-93. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Gmail/GnuPG Min32 Hack Comment: Using GnuPG and Gmail - ask me about Grim Fandango iD8DBQFGV3KQCF9T/dUsmAgRAvESAKDfZYbRtebNO+WPfx6DryIvIwt9TgCgukZG cIj5nSWws/pAeW2ESlj7GuM= =Y4uC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/