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gcc: How does gcc look for foo.dll in `gcc ... -lfoo'?


I'm confused since the gcc documentation says that the only thing that
`-lfoo' does, is that it allows gcc to look for `libfoo.a' while linking.
But what about the shared libraries (DLLs)? It seems to me that gcc looks
for `libfoo.dll', `cygfoo.dll', `foo.dll' and may be for all these plus `.a'
suffix, doesn't it? But, for example, libfoo and cygfoo could be two
_different_ libraries at all. Can anybody explain the "-l" feature for DLLs?
I've tried the Cygwin's User Guide and gcc info, but did not find any
answer.

Thank you.
Alexey Lyubimov


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