Dave, You're right. I'm not listening. At least not entirely. The only thing I really needed to hear was that this is an "incredibly tricky and unreliable thing ... to do". Thanks for being up front about that!
Dave Korn wrote: > > On 29 June 2007 15:26, km4hr wrote: > >> computer. I have no idea how cygwin does that. But with all the complex >> obstacles that the cygwin developers have obviously overcome it's >> puzzling >> to me why something as seemingly ordinary as Windows libraries is so >> mystifying. > > Because they are *windows* libraries, not *cygwin* libraries. The two > are > *different*. > >> In just this one series of messages I've been told the >> instructions in the cygwin user's guide make no sense. > > The instructions in the user's guide do not address the incredibly > tricky > and unreliable thing you are trying to do. > >> Then I'm offered >> several opinions about what I should do. > > No, you have been told the /same/ things by several people, but you just > aren't listening. > >> It makes me wonder how Windows' own >> programming tools are able to link with their own libraries if the >> standards >> are so vague and haphazard. > > They aren't "vague and haphazard", they are precise, and explicit - and > INCOMPATIBLE. Each standard is entirely consistent, but YOU ARE TRYING TO > MIX > TWO DIFFERENT STANDARDS. > >> I guess I'll just add one more entry to the >> list of things I can't comprehend about Windows. I'm ok with that >> because I >> don't care about Windows anyway. >> >> Thanks again from enlightening me. > > Don't really think you've understood a word so far. > > Once more, I'll suggest you try thinking of it this way: how easy would > you > find it to link a windows DLL into a program running on your unix box? > Because that is equivalent to what you are trying to do. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > -- > 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/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-link-with-third-party-libraries-using-gcc-tf3990417.html#a11362324 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
