problem building program: undef ref _imp__gettext

Charles Wilson cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Mon Aug 27 10:42:00 GMT 2001


Mark Paulus wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to compile/link a program, and I'm getting the following 
> undefined reference:  _imp__gettext.
> 
> Is there some Environment variable, or something special I need to
> do to enable gettext??  


add -lintl to your link command.

>(BTW, where is the '_imp_' getting 
> pre-pended to the name anyway??)


That's the way shared libraries on windows (DLLs) work.


--Chuck



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