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Is there any way to get the actual srandom/random functions from stdlib.h
over to the mingw32 environment? .. using rand/srand did not work as I had
hoped, it let me compile, but it's acting very strangely .. it compiles fine
under cygnus, but I don't want to have to use the cygnus1.dll .. if I use
the compiler switch -mno-cygnus, I get the undefined reference errors again
.. 

Any ideas?

Soren Andersen:
> ...
> I am stumped because it appears that there is a type of switch the awk
> script didn't parse. It is where the Project file uses contructs like
this:
>
> /Y[uc]someheader.h

   These are precompiled header options:

/Yc[file] create .PCH file
/Yu[file] use .PCH file

   They are just for speeding up the compiler and have no effect on the
output of the compiler. The conversion script should be modified to delete
the options.

> ... (So please,
> give me your copy of the PDK or give me specific help on these compiler
> switch issues, just don't be a scolding tight-ass but give nothing.
Thanks.)

   :) You just gotta download the .NET SDK which is 111 Megs but does
include a free beta of the next version of the Microsoft C++ compiler. Then
"cl /?" will tell you what the compiler switches mean.

   Neil

Hello Everyone,

I downloaded the file `dsp2mak.awk' a while back and am now trying to use 
it to convert a MSVStudio Project file to a gcc-compatible makefile. Thus, 
this IS an on-topic query ;-). I am trying to build a C++ dll written for 
MSVC under minGW.

I am stumped because it appears that there is a type of switch the awk 
script didn't parse. It is where the Project file uses contructs like this:

/Y[uc]someheader.h

(that is, a slash followed by `Y' followed by either `u' or `c' followed by a 
<filename>.h).

The output from the awk script simply left these intact.

Can anybody with some knowledge of the arcane workings of MSC tell me 
(us) what this switch is supposed to do, so that I can add it to the awk script 
(or recommend to the author that he do so)?

BTW, if the documentation that would help me with this is part of the MS 
PDK package, please don't just refer me to that as if I am a lazy cretin. I 
have tried unsuccessfully 3 times to finish a download / install of the PDK 
but it stalls (it IS MS software engineering, after all!) each time. (So please, 
give me your copy of the PDK or give me specific help on these compiler 
switch issues, just don't be a scolding tight-ass but give nothing. Thanks.)

The DLL I am trying to compile adds a shell extension to Windows Explorer 
that allows quick copying of the Path Specification for any file to the 
Windows Clipboard -- in POSIX format if you want. Sound handy to anyone 
here? I would think so! The package is called "CopyPathExt".

  Thanks, Happy New Year to all.

    soren andersen

I added two lines to the end of my stdio.h file
 
#define random rand
#define srandom srand
 
and this seems to "fix" my problem.. the program compiled just fine, and is
working as expected .. 

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Any ideas on this error message, I am compiling a program that uses the
splotch AI engine, and I get the following output..
 
splotch.o(.text+0x137):splotch.c: undefined reference to `random'
splotch.o(.text+0x191):splotch.c: undefined reference to `random'
splotch.o(.text+0x36c):splotch.c: undefined reference to `srandom'
splotch.o(.text+0x672):splotch.c: undefined reference to `random'
splotch.o(.text+0x1295):splotch.c: undefined reference to `random'

 
This program compiles fine under linux and cygwin, but I am trying to
compile under mingw .. any clues? here is a section of code that uses the
"random" function out of splotch.c
 
else {                              
 
    if ((random() % 100)+1)         
       usetempl(maxtempl);          
    else {                            
      i = (random() % SP_HIST);
      i = oldkeywd[i];
      if (DEBUG)
 fprintf(stderr, "<<SP_HIST used, i=%i>>\n",i);
 

      if (i < 0)                      
 usetempl(maxtempl);
      else usetempl(i);
    }

 

--- dheeraj <dhe...@fl...> wrote: >  I am wrtting a small
application in c++ ( I am using dev-c++ IDE) to
> ping hosts. But I am getting the error
>  c:\dev-c_~1\dheeraj\projec~1\maincpp.o(.text+0x268):maincpp.cpp:
> undefined reference to `WSAStartup__FUsP7WSAData@8'

The C++ mangling of WSAStartup(WORD, WSAData *) is
WSAStartup__FUsP7WSAData (without the @8).

I don't know why you get that error with dev-c++ ide. Maybe you should
ask that list.  I've been using WSAStartup  with mingw (linking against
libws2_32.a) with no problem.
Can you provide a small testcase.

Danny

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 I am wrtting a small application in c++ ( I am using dev-c++ IDE) to =
ping hosts. But I am getting the error
 c:\dev-c_~1\dheeraj\projec~1\maincpp.o(.text+0x268):maincpp.cpp: =
undefined reference to `WSAStartup__FUsP7WSAData@8'
=20
 I also did the following:-
=20
 #ifdef __cplusplus
   extern "C" {
   #endif
=20
 #include <winsock.h>
   #ifdef __cplusplus
   }
   #endif
=20
 But no result..
=20
 Please help me out
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Danilo Lujambio writes:
 > I am newbie ,  Can anybody help me to get the Docs that can help me to
 > learn how can I compile gtk and glib using gcc mingw32 ? . 

If you are a newbie, why do you want to compile them yourself? Why not
just get the precompiled DLLs, import libraries and headers from
www.gimp.org/win32/downloads.html? Get the glib-dev and gtk+-dev zip
archives.

 > In README.win32 of the glib I can't find the answer and the same
 > thing happen with the archives of the mailing lists

What version of GLib are you looking at? For Win32, you really should
(at least at this point) be using the latest "unstable" developer
version, it should be better than the so-called "stable" ones. The one
downloadable from the link above corresponds to the CVS HEAD version
on the date indicated.

GTK+ is a bit different, there the CVS HEAD version is so much in flux
that the Win32 port hasn't been able to keep up. The GTK+ version
downloadable from the link above corresponds to GTK+ 1.3.0 from
March-April, with some bugfixes. The publicly available GTK+ 1.3.1 and
1.3.2 (developer versions) definitely do not work on Win32, and might
not even compile.

--tml

Hi ,

I am newbie ,  Can anybody help me to get the Docs that can help me to
learn how can I compile gtk and glib using gcc mingw32 ? . In
README.win32 of the glib I can't find the answer and the same thing
happen with the archives of the mailing lists

Thanks in advance

danilo

Dear Earnie,

On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 07:41:43AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Thanks, would you be interested in volunteering your spare time in the future
> development?

thanks for your reply. You all are doing a great job.
Unfortunately I am involved in too many other Free
Software projects so that I can't spend enough
time into mingw. 

I have started to use cygnus which was up an running 
after a reasonable time. Still there will be soon the
need to look again on mingw ... :-)

Cheers

	Jan

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On 27 Dec 2000, at 16:06, the Illustrious Earnie Boyd wrote:

> Does anyone use the subjected combination of switches?  I need to
> know because of /usr/bin/mingwm10.dll and future enhancements.

	Yes, I've used it during testing of various Cygwin ports.

	As I recall, that particular combination didn't work...in fact 
there was some assumption...ah yes, no -mwindows, ie. the 
compiler assumed console operation as opposed to win32 
operation.
	After specifically adding the -mwindows switch, it seemed to 
work.  This, in turn, lead me to believe that due to the basis 
of the -mno-cygwin switch (linking crtdll.dll version of Mingw), 
-mthreads wasn't able to work too well.

	Apparently, -mthreads doesn't like to function without
 -mwindows being set...so since there have been no complaints or 
reports re: the above combination I figured it was because it 
wasn't used by more than a few people.

	Peace,

		Paul G.

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I've been doing some COM stuff involving threads and it appears that the
Global Interface Table functionality is missing from Mingw.  A grep of
the headers doesn't show GlobalInterFaceTable anywhere.  Can anyone tell
me if

a) the functionality exists

b) if it doesn't exist, is it being worked on

c) if it doesn't exist and isn't being worked on, how do I work on it so
it will exist?

I'm not a C++ or COM guru, so I would need some sort of primer on how to
create the required header files etc.  The prime culprit that is missing
is the uuid.h file.

Jim S.

Does anyone use the subjected combination of switches?  I need to know
because of /usr/bin/mingwm10.dll and future enhancements.

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Benoit Blanchon:
>    windres avoid me to put an ICON into a Dialog box, I 
> tryed severals syntax but in vain.
> What is the right syntax ?

    like:

 ICON "IconName", ID, left, top, width, height, flags

    so, for example:

 Example ICON Example.ico
 XXX DIALOG 26, 41, 350, 242
 BEGIN
 ICON "Example", -1, 1, 221, 32, 32, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE
 ...

   Neil

Hi,
    windres avoid me to put an ICON into a Dialog box, I tryed severals =
syntax but in vain.
What is the right syntax ?

Thanks.

Hello MinGW'ers,

I just uploaded the crypt() interface package to
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwrep/>.

This package is based upon UFC-crypt 2.17 and implements a crypt(3)/fcrypt
compatible plugin for MinGW32. Please see the release Notes and ChangeLog
at SourceForge for more information. Thanks to P. Sokolovsky for reviewing
this package.

Cheers,
	st...@lk...

On 26 Dec 2000, at 15:00, the Illustrious Appaiah Kumaraswamy wrote:

> Dear MinGW users/developers,
> I use the "stable" GCC 2.95.2 (MinGW). I want to upgrade my
> existing installation without downloading all new packages, so
> that my installation gets up to date. Could you please tell me
> what packages I should/should not download? For starters, I never
> use the Fortran compiler, so could my system run without
> upgrading it?

	Fortran distribution and ObjectC distributions are not required 
for c/c++ stuff.  All of the files listed at the sourceforge 
download page (see http://www.mingw.org website for faqs and 
documentation), except for gcc-f77 and gcc-objc, should be 
downloaded.

	Peace,

		Paul G.


Nothing real can be threatened.
    Nothing unreal exists.

Dear MinGW users/developers,
I use the "stable" GCC 2.95.2 (MinGW). I want to upgrade my existing
installation without downloading all new packages, so that my installation
gets up to date. Could you please tell me what packages I should/should not
download? For starters, I never use the Fortran compiler, so could my system
run without upgrading it?

Thank you, and a happy and prosperous new year to all MinGW
users/developers.

Sincerely,
A.Kumar


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Hi folks,

On 23 Dec 2000, at 17:46, the Illustrious George Garvey wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 02:21:20PM -0800, Paul Garceau wrote: >
> Hi folks, > > On 23 Dec 2000, at 13:58, the Illustrious Solid
> Ball wrote: > > > > > I used the following command line options
> (with MinGW gcc-2.95.2) > > > > gcc -S -m386 -mintel-syntax
> test.c > > > > and get > > > > cc1.exe: Invalid option
> `intel-syntax'. > > > > Is it not implmented in MinGW gcc ? > >
> 	It's not implemented in gcc, period.  Checking Cygwin yields >
> same error.  What are you attempting to do?
> 
>    Yes, it is.
>    It's in the latest 2.97 work. They probably read something
>    about it and
> tried to use it in 2.95 where it doesn't exist.
>    A little hubris, eh?

	;-)  Yup!

	Peace,

		Paul G.
> 




Nothing real can be threatened.
    Nothing unreal exists.

Oops ! Sorry, it seems I missed a line in the FAQ 
Just needs the -mwindows flag when linking

Bruno Desthuilliers
bd...@wo...

Hello...

A Newbie question (well, everybody has to be one someday...) :
Trying to compile a Win32 project started with VC++ 6.0, I finally made my
way through windres, make, gcc and ld, my .exe builds ok, but with that
strange phenomenon : when I run the exe, I first have a "dos" window, then
the exe window. That dos window stays behind the exe window, and I can't
kill it without killing the exe.


Does someone has a clue about this ? Or if I'm not in the right place for
that kind of question, where can I ask ?

Thanks
Bruno Desthuilliers
bd...@wo...

Merry christmas to all Mingw Users with lots of present!

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Hi Herve,

On 24 Dec 2000, at 9:41, the Illustrious Herv=E9 PARISSI wrote:

> For instance :
> the latest libbfd has gcc-f77 instead, so you can't use the
> latest ld (which seems not to work with the previous libbfd),
> binutils 2.10.91.20001212 haven't been uploaded...

	Maybe more likely a de-centralization that is causing 
this...ie. distribution mixing...

	So, even though libbfd has gcc-f77, it may not work at all with 
gcc-Mingw.  I am inclined to attribute this (possibility) to the 
fact that there is no specific distribution primarily oriented 
around f77 compilations using Mingw version of gcc-f77.

	I do know that the compiler (fortran) has entirely different 
requirements than does the mingw compiler (gcc/g++).

	Chances are good that the libbfd distribution works just fine 
with Mingw, but is incompatible with F77 compile/linking.

	Again, this is largely deduction and speculation.  However, 
indicators do point to this sort of situation as the root cause 
of the problem with libbfd _not_ working with fortran compiles.

	Peace,

		Paul G.
> 
> Well SourceForge seems to have some trouble (that's what happen
> when you centralize too much maybe ?)
> 
> Herve PARISSI
> "You assume too much" (The Menace Phantom)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Garceau" <pga...@te...>
> To: <min...@li...>
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 11:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] Sourceforge version
> 
> 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > On 23 Dec 2000, at 9:19, the Illustrious Herv=E9 PARISSI wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > there seems to be some problems with the SourceForge
> > > download, it's a little bit messed up ;)
> > 
> > How so?
> > 
> > Peace,
> > 
> > Paul G.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Nothing real can be threatened.
> >     Nothing unreal exists.
> > 
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Nothing real can be threatened.
    Nothing unreal exists.

On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 02:21:20PM -0800, Paul Garceau wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> On 23 Dec 2000, at 13:58, the Illustrious Solid Ball wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I used the following command line options (with MinGW gcc-2.95.2)
> > 
> > gcc -S -m386 -mintel-syntax test.c
> > 
> > and get
> > 
> > cc1.exe: Invalid option `intel-syntax'.
> > 
> > Is it not implmented in MinGW gcc ?
> 
> 	It's not implemented in gcc, period.  Checking Cygwin yields 
> same error.  What are you attempting to do?

   Yes, it is.
   It's in the latest 2.97 work. They probably read something about it and
tried to use it in 2.95 where it doesn't exist.
   A little hubris, eh?

--- Paul Garceau <pga...@te...> wrote:
> On 23 Dec 2000, at 10:54, the Illustrious Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> 
> > didn't have it pointed by that link. Latest version of the site
> > can be reached at http://www.mingw.org/trial/htdocs/ . (And yes,
> > it yet should be approved by local artistic board before it will
> > make its way to /).
> 
> 	Be aware, if anyone chooses to use the trial version, there is 
> no chance you will get any pleasant feedback from the folks 
> here, the trial/htdocs is emphatically "not for prime-time", and 
> should only be considered as nothing more than an "alpha" 
> release.  In essence it is meaningless to use trial/htdocs to 
> anyone other than the folks working on the website.
> 

I strongly recommend that unless you specifically asked for feedback about a
new layout or verbage that you stay away from the
http://www.mingw.org/trial/htdocs/ URL.  It is for development use and may at
times be broken.

Cheers,

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