At 10:24 AM 9/17/2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak you wrote: >On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 09:45:06AM -0400, craig grossbach wrote: >> Does someone know of a way to convert a .lib file to it's >> .a counterpart? I need to get pcscal32.lib to be >> libpcscal32.a. Thank you. >If pcscal32.lib was written in C and compiled by MSVC, just rename it.
Or just use the library directly by listing it on the link line explicitly vs the -lpcscal32 syntax for gcc libraries. >If it was not written in C, you're out of luck: there are ABI differences >that you won't be able to get around without recompiling. > >If it was not compiled by MSVC (or something compatible), you'll have to use >whatever your compiler offers to convert it - if anything. Otherwise, >recompiling is the only thing you can do. > >HTH > >rlc > >-- >Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. > -- Hunter S. Thompson > >-- >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/ -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/