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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

  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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