Re: [Mingw-users] Error linking - ld.exe Application error

[Martin E. N. <ma...@eg...>]

>> I've just installed MinGW (3.1.0-1) and MSYS (1.0.10), and have updated
>> the gcc-core to "gcc-core-3.4.0-20040501-1.tar.gz".
>> However, I seem to have a problem when I try to link a simple
>> test-application:
>> $ gcc -c -o mylib.o mylib.c
>> $ gcc -shared -o mylib.dll mylib.o
>> $ gcc -c -o hello.o hello.c
>> $ gcc -o hello -L. -lmylib hello.o
> Wouldn't the last step try to link 'libmylib.a'?
No it actually tries both libmylib.a and mylib.dll (as far as my tests 
showed - if I recall right)...

> Would 'mylib' need to follow 'hello.o' in the link command?
Well, according to Luke it does...

> >> The final step fails, bringing up a Windows dialog-box stating that a
>> instruction at some address referencing some memory cannot be read.
>> After clicking OK to that, I get the error message:
>> collect2: ld returned 5 exit status
> MinGW never implemented 'collect2' before. Maybe
> it was added recently. If not, then perhaps you
> have cygwin tools on your path.
gcc-3.4 does.

But nevertheless, today it works! I simply don't get it... But now I 
have some problems linking shared objects with "gcj", but I'll address 
that in another thread...

Thanks,
  Martin