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Re: Undefined Reference to WinMain
- To: "Robert Campbell" <rob@geonexuscorp.com>
- Subject: Re: Undefined Reference to WinMain
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:03:34 -0500
- cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
"Robert Campbell" <rob@geonexuscorp.com> writes:
> When compiling up the "V" appgen code, I get the following undefined
> references. Does anybody have any ideas. (I'm using egcs-1.1.1)
>
> /cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry
> symbol _WinMainCRTStartup; defaulting to 00401000
>
> C:\cygnus\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\bin/../lib/gcc-lib/i586-cygwin32/egcs-.91.60/../
> ../../../i586-cygwin32/lib/libcygwin.a(libcmain.o): In function `main':
> /home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/winsup/libcmain.cc:38:
> undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
>
Known problem. When linking GUI mode programs, the linker doesn't
explicitly look for WinMain, and if WinMain happens to be in an archive
(as in the case with V GUI), you lose.
Workaround: add "-Wl,-u,_WinMain@16" (without the quotes) to GCC flags when
you link. For more discussion, see the thread titled 'VGUI v 1.21 problem'
in the Cygwin mailing list archives.
Regards,
Mumit
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