[Mingw-users] Problem with MinGW: lots of undefined references

[Sylvain B. <syl...@li...>]

Hello,

I downloaded the MinGW big .exe install program, and I installed it in
C:\MinGW.
But when I try to compile any file, I get strange "undefined reference"
errors.

eg:
$ cat hello.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
        printf("Hello World!\n");
        return 0;
}

$ gcc hello.c
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/../../../crt2.o(.text+0x8d):crt1.c:
undefined reference to `SetUnhandledExceptionFilter@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/../../../crt2.o(.text+0x170):crt1.c:
undefined reference to `ExitProcess@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x1
ed): undefined reference to `CreateMutexA@12'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x2
39): undefined reference to `InterlockedIncrement@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x2
56): undefined reference to `Sleep@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x2
e4): undefined reference to `ReleaseMutex@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x2
f9): undefined reference to `WaitForSingleObject@8'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x3
c2): undefined reference to `ReleaseMutex@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x3
dc): undefined reference to `WaitForSingleObject@8'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x4
b2): undefined reference to `ReleaseMutex@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x4
ee): undefined reference to `ReleaseMutex@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x5
11): undefined reference to `WaitForSingleObject@8'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x1
003): undefined reference to `ReleaseMutex@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(unwind-dw2-fde.o)(.text+0x1
033): undefined reference to `WaitForSingleObject@8'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(w32-shared-ptr.o)(.text+0x6
1): undefined reference to `FindAtomA@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(w32-shared-ptr.o)(.text+0x1
22): undefined reference to `AddAtomA@4'
c:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/libgcc.a(w32-shared-ptr.o)(.text+0x1
82): undefined reference to `GetAtomNameA@12'

The same problem occur with the sample windows code given in the
documentation on mingw.org.

I just installed the package and I did not changed anything.
I tried the process several times (install/uninstall/install/uninstall...)
before to write to the list.

Any clue?

--
Sylvain Beucler