From: nrhorman AT unity DOT ncsu DOT edu (Neil Reinhold Horman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: building windows apps with djgpp
Date: 31 Dec 1997 03:45:29 GMT
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Hello there all-
     I'm a new user to djgpp, but am very familiar with its near cousin 
under Linux, and other unix flavors.  I've got a question about using 
djgpp to build windows apps.  Most of my problems are  stemming from the 
library file format used under windows.  In order to compile a windows 
app, I need to link to several .LIB files (obviously).  When I try to do 
this gcc gives me an error about these files being in the incorrect 
format.  Thats fine, I'm aware of the supported formats of the ar utility 
and the .a file format.  Now i'm assuming that .LIB files and .a file 
contain the same object information, just in different formats.  If thats 
wrong then I'm really lost, but as far as I can tell I'm on the right 
track.  Anyway, what I was hoping was that if anyone was aware of a 
method for converting .lib files to .a files, or if there is a method for 
making gcc recognize .Lib files.  If you could post any suggestions here 
it would be a big help.  Thanks!

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