On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Oliver wrote: > > > Hi folks, I'm confused about the files that dllwrap > > creates. On Unix (where I've been programming forever) all you > > have to do is create a .so shared library. But dllwrap ends up > > creating a .a file, a .def file, and a .dll file, yet I can > > build a program that links to, e.g., mylib.dll, with only "-L. -lmylib", > > *wihtout* having the .def or .a available. So where and when are the .a and > > .def files needed? > > The newer versions of gcc apparently allow you to link directly to a .dll ^/binutils > file. The .def and .a are needed for older versions of gcc, and possibly ^/binutils > for some other tools. > [snip] > Igor
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