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Re: Library issues with GCC - libuser32


Ah, thank you very much!

On Nov 19, 2007 12:47 PM, Jim Marshall <jim.marshall@wbemsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Jeff Bader wrote:
> > Using GCC: For ld to find "-luser32", I downloaded a version of w32api
> > and then copied the libuser32 file into the main cygwin library. Why
> > was this necessary to use GCC? Why could I not just install the devel
> > package and be done with it?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> Because the devel package in Cygwin is for making CYGWIN apps, not
> Windows apps. To make Windows apps you need to install the mingw tools
> and then use the "-mno-cygwin" option so the system knows to use the
> mingw tools to build a Windows program.
>
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