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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:40:09 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: compiling and linking mechanics
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:51:05PM +0900, wynfield AT gmail DOT com wrote:
>With the current set of gcc and loader, does there still exist the
>diffence that makes porting GNU Linux programs a challenge sometimes.
>I haven't build for a while, but I recall that the order of libraries
>in a ?  linking process on the command line wouldn't work as they do in
>on GNU Linux systems.
>
>Is this still the case?  Is there a document somewhere that describes
>the situation well and how to modify arguments to enable a clean link
>on cygwin?

It isn't incredibly difficult to understand:  Some poorly written makefiles
put a -lib before the object files which rely on them.  That works by
coincidence in Linux but doesn't work on Windows.  So put the -libraries
last.

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