Re: [Mingw-users] #pragma :wmainCRTStartup

[Khalid A. B. <kh...@ya...>]

>> Hello.
>>
>> A VC project requires an external main (as in extern int main) and makes the following pragma definition:
>>
>>
>> #pragma comment(linker,"/ENTRY:wmainCRTStartup")
>>
>> Is it possible to do (build) that in MinGW? And how? Any pointers/examples appreciated.

> You can build that, but you won't be able to set that linker option
> via source code; you'll have to edit the makefile to add a command
> line option with the same effect as the MSVC extension the code relies
> upon.
>
> If invoking GNU LD directly:
>
> ld [options] -e wmainCRTStartup [objects] [libs]
>
> If invoking GNU LD through GCC:
>
> gcc [options] -Wl,-e,wmainCRTStartup [objects] [libs]
>
> (The "-e" option is prefix by "Wl (uppercase double-u, lowercase el)".
> And yes, commas in place of spaces.)
>
> Besides, this will skip any initialization routines specific to MinGW,
> though this will probably make no difference, considering the program
> isn't MingW-aware.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> CS


Thank you CS. Truly appreciate the help.

Is there is a list of such (or other) GCC (and LD) options that one can refer to? Or is the manual the only authority on this matter?

Regards