Re: [Mingw-users] undefined reference with ___mingw_vfprintf

[JonY <jo...@us...>]

On 12/31/2009 22:57, Keith Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 31 December 2009 13:59:20 JonY wrote:
>> try adding libmingwex.a to your link command.
>
> He shouldn't need to; it should be specified automatically, if he is
> using gcc or g++ correctly for linking.
>
> I don't mean to denigrate your efforts to help, JonY, but without a
> proper understanding of *why* MinGW's enhanced printf() subsystem is
> being called, IMHO simply saying "add libmingwex.a" is poor advice
> indeed, (and FWIW, it was I who actually wrote MinGW's enhanced
> printf() subsystem).
>

Ok,

I thought he was using msvc "cl" to compile and link, which needs to be 
told to use libmingwex.a.

Apparently, this is not the case.