From: Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com>
To: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
Cc: John Fortin <fortinj@ibm.net>,
"'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: ld, dlls, and windows libraries
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990212165337.A12157@cygnus.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990228230200.e1HQN8lKJ1c8AbwRDmp8DDHZGDOPnX_8hbj5mnRDYZs@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.93.990212113933.18731B-100000@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu>
On Fri, Feb 12, 1999, Mumit Khan wrote:
[...]
> <gratuitous gripe mode> 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.
> <off now, whew!>
FYI, the example in the User's Guide now calls gcc instead of ld.
--
Geoffrey Noer Email: noer@cygnus.com
Cygnus Solutions
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-02-28 23:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-12 8:40 John Fortin
[not found] ` < 36C4582C.A302D915@ibm.net >
1999-02-12 9:56 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-12 10:06 ` John Fortin
1999-02-28 23:02 ` John Fortin
[not found] ` < Pine.SUN.3.93.990212113933.18731B-100000@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu >
1999-02-12 16:53 ` Geoffrey Noer [this message]
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Geoffrey Noer
1999-02-13 9:28 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 1809.990213@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-13 9:52 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199902131751.MAA26487@envy.delorie.com >
1999-02-13 10:02 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-13 10:40 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 13857.990213@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-13 10:48 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-13 9:52 ` Re[2]: " Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` John Fortin
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