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Re: libcygwin.a as a symbolic link to lib{c,m}.a -- need insight
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 05:29:16PM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote:
>Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
>> I'm close to getting libcygwin.a linked to libc.a but I was wondering if
>> it should also be linked to libm.a.
>
>Absolutely. Anything else is a potential source of future confusion.
>The only reason it would make sense to link it (as opposed to leaving
>it out completely) is because various software package expect -lm to
>work. That's the reason I distribute a dummy libm.a, but can't link
>due to lack of native symlinks.
So, what do you think? Should we just provide a dummy libc.a and
libm.a? I think that it will be clearer what's going on if there is a
symbolic link, won't it?
Otherwise, we'll be getting messages like:
"My libc.a is only 14 bytes. I think that's why I'm getting syntax errors
in my source file."
Anyway, thanks for the patch. I'll apply it ASAP.
cgf