Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4000252 By: keithmarshall
You don't say which compiler suite you expect to be able to use this with. You are using a package which expects to be compiled and linked using a GNU compiler tool chain, such as the MinGW port of GCC; see www.mingw.org. MinGW's gcc well understands that `libfoo.a' and `foo.lib' are one and the same, and will quite happily use libraries named according to either convention; if you are using a compiler suite that doesn't understand this, then you have to rename the libraries for yourself; (and do note that renaming `libfoo.a' as `libfoo.lib' is *wrong*, so you should never see either of the two library names you mention). Another caveat, of which to be aware; if `libfoo.a' contains `C++' objects, not declared as `extern "C"', then they will be ABI *incompatible* with any compiler, other than the one with which they were originally compiled. In this case, then you either have to rebuild the libraries yourself, from source, using your own compiler, or you have to user the same compiler as the original packager, (which, AFAIK for GnuWin32 packages, *is* MinGW). HTH, Keith. ______________________________________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
