[Mingw-users] Problem when trying to use PDCurses with MINGW

[Frank K. <fmf...@mi...>]

Good day,

My Problem
   I'm attempting to create a Program on a Linux System that will be able
   to be run on a Windows System. This program uses the CURSES feature and
   I'm having problems in generating a successfull load Module.

My Environment
   Development Computer
      Pentium      4
      Linux          2.4.18
      Caldera      2.3
      Mingw       1.1
      PDCurses  2.4
   Production Computer
      Compaq    i486
      Windows   95

Setup
   I generated MINGW on Linux as a Cross Compiler for creating Windows 
      formated Object Modules using the procedure described by Reinhard 
      Jessich at his site:-    members.telering.at/jessich/mingw.
   
Errors
   When I use Mingw to create a Load module it assembles fine but when I bring
   it over to the Windows System to run it, I get the following message:
      A required DLL file, PDCURSES.DLL, was not found.

Sample 
   The following is a Script that creates two Load modules, firstly with GCC
      and then with mingw32-gcc.

      cat > Sample-gcc.c << EOF
      #include <curses.h>
      int main(int argc, char** argv)
      {
	initscr();
	wclear(stdscr);
	waddstr(stdscr, "hello world");
	wrefresh(stdscr);
	getch();
	endwin();
      }
      EOF
      gcc Sample-gcc.c -lncurses -o Sample-module
      file Sample-module
      ldd  Sample-module
      ls -l Sample-module

      cat > Sample-mingw.c << EOF
      #include </~/~/PDC/curses.h>
      int main(int argc, char** argv)
      {
	initscr();
	wclear(stdscr);
	waddstr(stdscr, "hello world");
	wrefresh(stdscr);
	getch();
	endwin();
      }
      EOF
      mingw32-gcc Sample-mingw.c -lpdcurses -o Sample.exe
      file Sample.exe
      ldd  Sample.exe
      ls -l Sample.exe

      END of the Script

   The output of the above script.

      Sample-module: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, 
           dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
      libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4001e000)
      /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
      -rwxr-xr-x   1 name     group      110339 Aug 22 19:06 Sample-module

      Sample.exe: MS Windows PE Intel 80386 console executable not relocatable
	not a dynamic executable
      -rwxr-xr-x   1 fkrauss  users      257237 Aug 22 19:06 Sample.exe


   The above shows that the GCC version is smaller because it is dynamicaly
   linked while the MINGW version is larger because it was staticly linked.
   This is what I assumed it should be.

Testng
   1.  When I run the GCC created module on my Linux System it runs perfect.
   2.  When I dump to a diskette the MINGW created module and transfer it
       to the Windows System I get the Error message.
   
Summary
   It seems to me that even though the MINGW created module is a static module
   something in it is telling Windows that it is a dynamicly linked module 
   which is then triggering the call for a DLL.

   I assumed that since it was staticly linked it has everything it needs
   to execute and wouldn't need any type of DLL.

   Is there perhaps a option that I have to specify when building the module
   to make it not call for the DLL?

Any assistance in helping me to get PDCurses to run with Mingw will be
greatly appreciated.

Yours truly,

Frank Krauss