From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geoffrey Noer To: Mumit Khan Cc: John Fortin , "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" Subject: Re: ld, dlls, and windows libraries Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:53:00 -0000 Message-id: <19990212165337.A12157@cygnus.com> In-reply-to: < Pine.SUN.3.93.990212113933.18731B-100000@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu >; from Mumit Khan on Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 11:56:49AM -0600 References: <36C4582C.A302D915@ibm.net> X-SW-Source: 1999-02/msg00408.html On Fri, Feb 12, 1999, Mumit Khan wrote: [...] > I frequently see folks using ld to build DLLs, > and run into all sorts of problems. Why use ld when gcc does all of > this and more?? Is it because Cygwin User Guide shows the most > convoluted and error-prone way to build DLLs? Also interesting is the > aversion to using the search facility in the mailing list where I and > others have posted info on portably building DLLs many many times. > FYI, the example in the User's Guide now calls gcc instead of ld. -- Geoffrey Noer Email: noer@cygnus.com Cygnus Solutions From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geoffrey Noer To: Mumit Khan Cc: John Fortin , "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" Subject: Re: ld, dlls, and windows libraries Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990212165337.A12157@cygnus.com> References: <36C4582C.A302D915@ibm.net> X-SW-Source: 1999-02n/msg00400.html Message-ID: <19990228230200.e1HQN8lKJ1c8AbwRDmp8DDHZGDOPnX_8hbj5mnRDYZs@z> On Fri, Feb 12, 1999, Mumit Khan wrote: [...] > I frequently see folks using ld to build DLLs, > and run into all sorts of problems. Why use ld when gcc does all of > this and more?? Is it because Cygwin User Guide shows the most > convoluted and error-prone way to build DLLs? Also interesting is the > aversion to using the search facility in the mailing list where I and > others have posted info on portably building DLLs many many times. > FYI, the example in the User's Guide now calls gcc instead of ld. -- Geoffrey Noer Email: noer@cygnus.com Cygnus Solutions