Re: [PATCH] Modify mingw_main() workaround to avoid link errors

From: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date: Jul 26, 2008, 21:36 UTC
Message-ID: <4CCD1862-48FB-412B-80B6-E1B822BF3A87@zib.de>
In-Reply-To: <1217104655.488b8b0f5ca48@webmail.nextra.at>

On Jul 26, 2008, at 10:37 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote:

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> Zitat von Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>:
>> With MinGW's
>>
>>   gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.5 (mingw special)
>>   GNU ld version 2.17.50 20060824
>>
>> the old define caused link errors:
>>
>>   git.o: In function `main':
>>   C:/msysgit/git/git.c:500: undefined reference to `mingw_main'
>>   collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>
>> The modified define works.
>
> I have the same tools, but not this error. ???

I cleaned my work tree and built several times but did not find out what exactly is causing the error. So I came up with the modified define, which declares the static mingw_main in global scope. I have no clue why I see the error that you don't have.

	Steffen