Re: [Mingw-msys] Some questions about the mingw-runtime .a files

[Bo Y. <tec...@gm...>]

2007/11/14, Brian Dessent <br...@de...>:
>
> Bo Yang wrote:
>
> > So, they are import libraries but where are the corresponding DLLs?
>
> They are part of the operating system, and are usually found in
> %SystemRoot%/system32.  The actual location doesn't really matter
> though, that's just an implementation detail that MS could change at any
> time; it certainly has no relevance in terms of using MinGW or gcc to
> link a program.


So, how MinGW gcc link a program. When you use options such as -lkernel32,
how the MinGW gcc and ld works? They link to the libkernel32.a at the lib
directory of MinGW, right? And the libkernel32.a is just a import library
for the real dll file kernel32.dll, am I right?

Regards!
Bo