VC++ .lib files with g++ ?

Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) lhall@rfk.com
Mon Aug 6 11:29:00 GMT 2001


At 02:22 PM 8/6/2001, Brian Michael Genisio wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>I am wondering if it possible to link up against a MS VC++ lib library with
>g++?
>
>
>I have tried the following :
>
>g++ myfile.cpp -ldsound -L./dx/lib
>
>where dsound.lib exists in the ./dx/lib directory.  This does not complain
>about not being able to find the dsound library, but it does not seem to link
>against it.
>
>I still get undefined references to functions defined in that lib.
>
>Is there a way to compile .lib libraries with your code?


Have you seen and tried:

How do I link against .lib files?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC91

You should be able to short-cut this process by adding dsound.lib to your
link stream and removing -ldsound though...



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
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