Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 14:47:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "Wendy E. McCaughrin" <wemccaug AT prairienet DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Need Help! URGENT!
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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Wendy E. McCaughrin wrote:

> >Creating: test.exe
> >Error: c:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lstdcx: No such file or directory
> >(ENOENT)
> >There were some errors
>
>  I suspect this may be a "long filename" problem. See if you have an
>  entry in c:\djgpp\bin that looks something like: lstdcx~1.a -- if you
>  rename the file to: lstdcx.a, it should get found (this happened to
>  me).

Please do not invent solutions to such problems unless you fully
understand what causes them.  Renaming libstdcxx.a will get you in
trouble later.  DO NOT DO THIS!

The correct solution is described in section 8.7 of the DJGPP FAQ
list.