Re: [Dev-C++] Newbie question on issue / bug reporting

[Steve H. <st...@sj...>]

Per Westermark wrote:

>Note that Libs= is empty and that the linking is done using the full
>library name (excluding path).
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>Note that the libraries are not specified with the -l parameter, so gcc
>will not care about any library paths (-Lxxx).
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>An expected link line should have looked like:
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>gcc ... -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib -lole32 -loleaut32
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>/Per W
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>On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Steve Higham wrote:
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>>sudhir kumar wrote:
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>>[Project]
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>>Libs=
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>>Linker=libole32.a_@@_liboleaut32.a _@@_
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>>This is now portable. However is does not compile. The compile log is as
>>follows:
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>>Compiler: Default compiler
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>>Building Makefile: "C:\Documents and Settings\Steve Higham\My
>>Documents\Dev\ConsoleTest\Makefile.win"
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>>Executing make clean
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>>rm -f main.o ConsoleTest.exe
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>>g++.exe -D__DEBUG__ -c main.cpp -o main.o
>>-I"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.2/include"
>>-I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/backward"
>>-I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/mingw32"
>>-I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include" -g3
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>>g++.exe -D__DEBUG__ main.o -o "ConsoleTest.exe" -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib"
>>libole32.a liboleaut32.a -g3
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>>g++.exe: libole32.a: No such file or directory
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>>g++.exe: liboleaut32.a: No such file or directory
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>>make.exe: *** [ConsoleTest.exe] Error 1
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>>Execution terminated
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>>I don't understand why this fails. The -L switch identifies the correct
>>directory (C:/Dev-Cpp/lib) and the lib names are correct. This is the issue.
>>
>>It's probably not the most important issue in the world. But it would be
>>nice to resolve it.
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>>Kind Regards,
>>
>>Steve
>>
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>>Steve Higham
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>>› st...@sj... <mailto:st...@sj...>
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Per,

You're quite right.

Replacing "C:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libole32.a" with "-lole32" in the Parameters - 
Linker box has resolved the issue.

Many Thanks,

Steve

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Steve Higham

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