ld, dlls, and windows libraries

[Geoffrey Noer]

On Fri, Feb 12, 1999, Mumit Khan wrote:
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> <gratuitous gripe mode> I frequently see folks using ld to build DLLs,
> and run into all sorts of problems. Why use ld when gcc does all of
> this and more?? Is it because Cygwin User Guide shows the most 
> convoluted and error-prone way to build DLLs? Also interesting is the 
> aversion to using the search facility in the mailing list where I and 
> others have posted info on portably building DLLs many many times. 
> <off now, whew!>

FYI, the example in the User's Guide now calls gcc instead of ld.

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