[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-405495 ] linker fooled by the string '-lAux'

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Bugs item #405495, was updated on 2001-03-02 12:12
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Category: ld
>Group: Known bugs
Status: Open
>Priority: 1
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Paul Sokolovsky (pfalcon)
Summary: linker fooled by the string '-lAux'

Initial Comment:
I am using the linker from the file 
ld-2.10.91-20010126.zip and gcc.exe 
from gcc-2.95.2-20001116.zip. 


With this combination it was is possible to link with 
following command:

$(CC) -o $@ $(objects) -L../Glaux -lAux -lTk -lFirst 
-lopengl32 -lglu32 

Test showed that is the string -lAux, which foolt the 
linker. The linker 
starts and never ends; the linker runs forever.

The same error give the simple command

gcc main.o -L. -lAux

It helps to rename the file libAux.a to libAuxOwl.a ot 
to use the full name of the lib to prevent the error.
Examples:

gcc main.o -L. -lAuxOwl


$(CC) -o $@ $(objects) -L../Glaux -lAuxOwl -lTk -lFirst 
-lopengl32 -lglu32 

$(CC) -o $@ $(objects) ../Glaux/libAux.lib -L../Glaux 
-lTk -lFirst -lopengl32
-lglu32 


Using gcc.exe and ld.exe from Mumit's last snapshot 
(Feb. 2000) '-lAux' does not fool the linker.




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>Comment By: Paul Sokolovsky (pfalcon)
Date: 2001-04-13 11:13

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O well, I finally understood what could cause this.
'aux' is a reserved device name on dos/win32. Using it as 
filename (with any extension) is known to give problems. 
Since one of the lookup name for -lfoo which ld tries is 
foo.a, this could cause it.

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Comment By: Danny Smith (dannysmith)
Date: 2001-03-02 17:49

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I've tried to duplicate this bug (renaming a lib to 
libAux.a and linking against) and could not reproduce 
problem using either CVS ld or Paul's 20000126 release of 
ld.   This is on NT.

Danny

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