Re: multiple definition of `g_utf8_skip

[Simon Josefsson]

Thomas Dineen <address@hidden> writes:

> Gentle People:
>
> I was able to build the new version of the mxe cross environment
> (gcc Cross Compiler To Windows).
>
>     When I build my application I get the following error shown below:
>
> "multiple definition of `g_utf8_skip'"
>
>      Since it appears to be a conflict between two libraries within
> the mxe
> environment I was wondering if any of you had any ideas of how to fix it?
>
>      Is there a way to tell gcc to favor the symbol from one library
> versus
> the other?
>
> libidn.a(nfkc.o) <=> (libglib_2_0_la-gutf8.o)

It seems this internal variable wasn't marked static.  Very cool that
this bug has survived this long, it is very old code.  Should be fixed
in git.

/Simon