Re: MinGW link against an MS Windows import library

[Earnie Boyd]

Tim Van Holder wrote:

> Bill Jones wrote:
>
> > So the basic question is how do I specify a static import library 
> > with a *.lib extension to be used by libtool for resolving the 
> > symbols provided by a non-libtool DLL when building a dependent DLL 
> > with libtool?
>
>
> The trivial solution is of course to make a copy of the third-party .lib
> file with a .a extension (the file format is identical anyway).
> Alternatively, you may be able to create a fresh .a from the DLL using
> 'dllwrap --implib <dllname> -o <libname>', but it's likely that that
> won't have all the necessary symbols.

Or just use the dll itself in the link.  Note if the library references 
C++ objects, then you are going to be hard pressed for an easy 
solution.  See www.mingw.org and it's list archives for more information.

Earnie

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