> Hi Ronald, > > that worked, but i'm now getting 'ld: cannot find -lnsl'; > > The make file line is now > ld -dy -G -o libbridge.so bridge.o nwutil.o > jagsocket.o -Bstatic -lc -IIRC -lnsl > > is there anywhere i can get more info or what nsl is and what the > corresponding libraries are in Cygwin? > > by the way, you are right AIX is Unix. I meant to say that I am porting some > AIX code onto windows 2k. > > Thanks > > Jag > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronald Landheer-Cieslak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: help for a newbie C Programmer > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:57:23AM +0100, Jag wrote: > > > I am trying to port some socket code from AIX onto unix. > > AFAIK, AIX is a UNIX platform.. > > > > > When I try to link the code I get ' ld: cannot find -lsocket' > > > The line being executed is : > > > ld -dy -G -o libbridge.so bridge.o nwutil.o > > > jagsocket.o -Bstatic -lc -lsocket -lnsl > > > I have searched for socket.a and nsl.a in the cygwin directory but they > > > aren't there. > > > The makefile works on AIX and I was hoping it would be a straight > forward > > > compilation on windows 2k. > > Try removing -lsocket - IIRC the socket functions are built-in in the > Cygwin > > DLL. > > (You should add this as a test in your configury if you have one). > > > > HTH > > > > rlc > > > > -- > > "The IETF motto is 'rough consensus and running code'" > > > > -- Scott Bradner (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates) > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > >
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