Re: [Mingw-users] Compiling flex output files with mingw-gcc does not work

[Brian D. <br...@de...>]

"Fl...@t-..." wrote:

> Does this help in any way?? I installed the flex also with apt-get, and
> I guess the libfl.a came with the flex-package. So I don't know if this
> lib is built for mingw, probably not.

No, you've got a native libfl.  Since you're cross compiling you need a
mingw-targeted libfl.  Put another way, you have the linux version of
the library, but since you're trying to compile code that runs on
Windows, you need the Windows version of the library.

You will have to do this with every library that your program uses.

> Honestly, I'm new to gcc and mingw, so can you tell me how to build the
> libfl.a - library in a way that I can use it with the mingw32msvc-gcc
> command ?

Obtain the flex sources, and configure with --target=mingw32msvc. 
Alternatively, you can get the mingw binary flex package and unpack the
headers and libs into your target-specific directories.  (Don't try this
if you're not sure what you're doing, though.)

Brian