[Mingw-users] __imp... continued (2)

[Lloyd D. <ll...@ga...>]

(read "_imp... continued" first. i write it at end of file in case)
some test later it appear to me that dlltool when generating 
.def file put line of style
	__objc_class_name_DLLToto @ 1 DATA ;

which cause dllwrap to produce output lib with __imp__XXX
but that's all.

i remove DATA tag. built again, test. all work fine.
even dependencies over multiple DLL (at least in my little 2 dll
test)

what is the meaning of such DATA tag ?
i think to write a script to remove them but...
why generating them in this case ?


----- _imp... continued ----
> 
> ok, i understand some interesting thing with your explanation.
> but the trouble is that it don't resolve my problems.
> 
> for example when i try "nm *.a | grep printf" in
> gcc's lib dir i found.
> 00000000 ? ___imp_printf
> 00000000 ? __imp__printf
> 00000000 T _printf
> 
> but when i build my .dll and .a file and want to link against i have an
> error message:
> LLToto.o(.text+0x70):LLToto.m: undefined reference to
> `__objc_class_name_Object'
> 
> and when i run "nm libobjc.a | grep objc_class_name_Object"
> (libobjc.a is my new lib) i get:
> 00000000 ? ___imp___objc_class_name_Object
> 00000000 ? __imp____objc_class_name_Object
> 
> so it appear to me that my lib lack something like:
> (but my dll contain it)
> 00000000 T __objc_class_name_Object
> 
> what can i do to have a correct .a file ?
> (one who contain a ref to __objc_class_name_Object)