Re: [Mingw-users] Can't link in MSYS

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Saturday 14 March 2009 10:02:21 Nathan Schulte wrote:
> I have found the issue.  It seems as though any -l options need to
> come _after_ the source files.
>
>         g++ main.cpp `pkg-config --libs --cflags gtkmm-2.4`
>
> is ok, but

Except that now, the CFLAGS may be misplaced.  The definitively 
correct usage is as Tor has described.

>         gt++ `pkg-config --libs --cflags gtkmm-2.4` main.cpp
>
> is not.
>
> [...]
>
> Is this a bug,

No.

> or is this how gcc/g++ work? 

It is how compilers, and in particular linkers, in general, work on 
unixy platforms.  (GCC is part of a unixy tool suite).

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Regards,
Keith.