From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: Kirth , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: ld problems Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 05:44:00 -0000 Message-id: <20000322134420.1595.qmail@web110.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-03/msg00528.html --- Kirth wrote: > unfortuanlty the same thing > > g++ -o ffind config.o sql.o query.o parseword.o ffind.o > -L/usr/local/lib/mysql > -lmysqlclient > /cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/i586-cygwin32/2.95.2/../../../../i5 > 86-cygwin32/bin/ld: cannot open -lmysqlclient: No such file or directory > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make: *** [ffind] Error 1 > > ive even tried with -L./ and put the file in the same dir > ive renamed it mysqlclient, mysqlclient.so, mysqlclient.a ... all > fail. The library file name must be libmysqlclient.a for the -l switch to work. Another option is to just list the library file on the command line like this: g++ -o ffind config.o sql.o query.o parseword.o ffind.o \ /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a The GCC will recognize the library and use it properly. > > i read something in the mailing list about removing collect2 > so that ld gets run directly, but i dont have a collect2 file (at all) > The collect2 problem isn't your problem here. That has to do with seeing the output from ld which you're seeing. And yes you have it, you'll find it under the lib/gcc-lib subdirectories. To get the exact location you can gcc --print-file-name=specs and the directory in which the specs file is the same directory that the collect2 program is located. ===== --- Earnie Boyd: < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com > __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: < http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html > __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: < http://www.egroups.com/group/mingw32/ > Mingw Home: < http://www.mingw.org/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com