Re: libtermcap linking

[Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>]

If you are using cygwin snapshots then you have to be aware of how to
use them.  The snapshots are not intended for casual compilers.

Please check the cygwin mailing list archives for details on
what you are doing wrong.  This issue has been rehashed constantly
there.

cgf

On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 12:17:42PM +1200, Iain Wiseman wrote:
>I am trying to build gdb and receive the following errors. I am using B20.1
>with cygwin-inst-20000410.tar.gz installed over the top. ie.
>
>insight+dejagnu-weekly-20000412.tar
>
>cygwin-inst-20000410.tar.gz
>cygwin1-20000410.dll.gz
>
>gcc -g -O2        -o gdb.exe main.o libgdb.a    ../bfd/libbfd.a
>../readline/libreadline.a ../opcodes/libopcodes.a ./../intl/libintl.a
>../libiberty/libiberty.a `if test -r ../libtermcap/libtermcap.a; then echo
>../libtermcap/libtermcap.a; else echo -ltermcap; fi`     -lm
>../libiberty/libiberty.a -luser32 -limagehlp
>f:\CYGWIN~1\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\i586-cygwin32\egcs-2.91.57\
>..\..\../libtermcap.a(tputs.o): In function `tputs':
>/home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/libtermcap/tputs.c:72: undefined
>reference to `_ctype_'
>/home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/libtermcap/tputs.c:75: undefined
>reference to `_ctype_'
>/home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/libtermcap/tputs.c:80: undefined
>reference to `_ctype_'
>f:\CYGWIN~1\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\i586-cygwin32\egcs-2.91.57\
>..\..\../libtermcap.a(te
>rmcap.o): In function `tgetent':
>/home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/libtermcap/termcap.c:251: undefined
>reference to `_ctype_'
>f:\CYGWIN~1\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\i586-cygwin32\egcs-2.91.57\
>..\..\../libtermcap.a(ge
>tcap.o): In function `cgetnext':
>/home/noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/libtermcap/getcap.c:686: undefined
>reference to `_ctype_'
>
>Many thanks in advance
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