Re: EGCS Mingw32 1.0.2 - compilation problem - undefined reference to a function

[Mumit Khan <khan at xraylith dot wisc dot edu>]

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Inquisitor Nikodemus wrote:

> hey!
> 
> I wrote a small win95 program,that simply does nothing.I wanted to compile
> it with egcs (mingw32 native,1.0.2) with command " gcc w.c -o w.exe ".

The command line you've used is appropriate for "Console" programs, but
not quite enough for windows program. Here's how you compile windows 
programs:

  % gcc w.c -o w.exe -mwindows

which is equivalent to:

  % gcc w.c -o w.exe -Wl,--subsystem,windows -luser32 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32

I have a port of GDB for i386-mingw32 at:

  ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/ports/
  
Now, some comments:
  
  1. Have the courtesy to supply correct code. What you have here needs
     editing before it will even compile.
    
  2. Please spend the time to study some of the net resources for 
     gnu-win32 tools (start at http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ or 
     http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ and follow
     various links) where there is more information on using Gnu-Win32 
     tools. Colin Peters has the beginning of a tutorial on his web 
     page.
     
  3. You *definitely* need to belong to gnu-win32 mailing list (see 
     Cygnus web page above) on how to join where this is discussed 
     quite a bit. The mailing list archives are at 
     http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32/ where you can do a search
     for information such as this.

Regards,
Mumit