Re: [jamboost] Mingw & -L

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-26 09:39:51

Hi Zbynek,

> I am using the following definition with mingw:
>
> lib cppunit : : <name>libcppunit <search>c:/msys/1.0/local/lib/ ;
>
> However the command line generated contains
>
> -L"c:\msys\1.0\local\lib"
>
> and mingw does not find the library. It needs the slash at the end.
>
> d:\>g++ -L"c:\msys\1.0\usr\local\lib" -llibcppunit
> c:\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\3.2.3\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe:
> cannot find -llibcppunit
>
> d:\>g++ -L"c:\msys\1.0\usr\local\lib\" -llibcppunit
> g++: no input files
>
> What can we do about it?

I would say this is a problem with mingw. Maybe, the best approach would be to 
ask them about this behaviour. If they disagree it's a bug and refuse to 
change the behaviour, we'll have to workaround. Otherise, we can either do 
nothing or put a workaround now, and remove it later.

- Volodya