add tip about -lm order to WinMail@16 entry

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David Starks-Browning 2000-12-12 16:05:30 +00:00
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@ -44,13 +44,31 @@ MAKE_MODE to "UNIX" (actually case is not significant) or "WIN32"
(actually anything other than "UNIX"). You can also specify the options
--unix or --win32 on the make command line.
@subsection Why the undefined reference to "WinMain@@16"?
@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest
net release.)}
@subsection Why the undefined reference to @samp{WinMain@@16}?
Try adding an empty main() function to one of your sources.
Or, perhaps you have @samp{-lm} too early in the link command line. It
should be at the end:
@example
bash$ gcc hello.c -lm
bash$ ./a.exe
Hello World!
@end example
works, but
@example
bash$ gcc -lm hello.c
/c/TEMP/ccjLEGlU.o(.text+0x10):hello.c: multiple definition of `main'
/usr/lib/libm.a(libcmain.o)(.text+0x0):libcmain.c: first defined here
/usr/lib/libm.a(libcmain.o)(.text+0x6a):libcmain.c: undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
@end example
This is an artifact of libm.a being a symbolic link to libcygwin.a.
@subsection How do I use Win32 API calls?
@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest