Getting Error while connect to DB2 from Cygwin 64-bit

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-04-04 01:54, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> I'm getting below errors while trying to connect IBM DB2 from 64-bit
>> Cygwin. Please find the below mentioned details.
> 
>> 1)Trying to compile the program using DB2_LIBRARY="C:/Program
>> Files/IBM/SQLLIB/lib/db2api.lib" on 64-bit Cygwin.
> 
> Is this a Cygwin or native target binary?
> 
>> *ERROR:*
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: *internal
>> error:* aborting at
>> /mnt/share/cygpkgs/binutils/binutils.x86_64/src/binutils-2.40/ld/ldlang.c:527
>> in compare_section
>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: *please
>> report this bug*

> It seems to me you are trying to mix Cygwin and native Windows code.
> Don't do that without a very, very good understanding of implications.
> If you are building using binary code provided by 3rd party vendor,
> chances are high you are looking at native code and you have to use mingw32
> cross-compiler for that build.

Presumably these are Windows libraries so you liekly have to use Mingw binutils 
mingw64-x86_64-binutils /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ and mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11/ packages under their respective paths, after 
reading up more about how to use them.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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