At 09:50 AM 3/14/2004, you wrote: >Hi > >I have got Cygwin running on my windows XP pc, using gcc 3.3.1. I downloaded >gcc 3.3.3 release, and managed to build it, however when I tried to compile >a windows application using it it compiled ok but gave a linker error >'couldn't find crt2.o'. It gave this error when I was trying to compile >with -mno-cygwin, which worked with gcc 3.3.1. I found that this file was in >c:/cygwin/lib/mingw, but passing an option on to the linker such >as -Wl,"-Lc:/cygwin/lib/mingw" or other variations on this didn't work. >However when I copied the crt2.o file to c:/cygwin/lib, it worked! But then >I read that -mno-cygwin wasn't included on gcc 3.3.3. So was this a fluke? >Or is there a standard way to use gcc 3.3.3 on cygwin? > >Also if I used g++ 3.3.3 to compile but g++ 3.3.1 that came with cygwin to >link, it also works fine! Is it then actually using the benefits of the more >modern version?
The gcc compiler suite for Cygwin contains patches to include the '-mno-cygwin' switch. Since gcc 3.3.3 isn't part of the Cygwin distribution yet, you would need to patch your local version if you want this functionality prior to it's inclusion in Cygwin. -- 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/