g++ linker problem with libcygwin.a

[Philipp Kraus]

Thanks for your great answer.

On 2011-10-22 22:17:06 +0200, René Berber said:

> On 10/22/2011 2:18 PM, Philipp Kraus wrote:
> 
>> I use Cygwin with g++ for compiling my source codes and on some codes I
>> get the error:
>> 
>> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.5.3/../../../libcygwin.a(libcmain.o):(.text+0xa9): 
>> 
>> undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'
> [snip]
> 
> That means the linking is being done for a GUI application.  I guess you
> wanted to build a console application, so you should learn what these
> options for the linker mean:
> 
> -Wl,-subsystem,console
> -Wl,-subsystem,windows
> 
> There are equivalent options used with the compiler g++, I think they are:
> 
> -mconsole
> -mwindows

Yes I would build a console application (or a shared library, I can 
build the library).

I have tried both commands -mconsole and -Wl,-subsystem,console but the error
is created again. Should I rebuild my libraries with the -mconsole 
option, at the time
I have build them only with configure, make, make install?

Thanks

Phil



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