Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compile: Windows and python

[Holger]

At 22:04 15.08.03 +0200, Jim Segrave wrote:
>On Fri 15 Aug 2003 (21:04 +0200), Holger wrote:
>> At 23:21 14.08.2003 +0200, Nardy Pillards wrote:
>> >Just a guess: change the order of the libs ?
>> >
>> >This is mine for the no-gui (yep, gtk not needed there, i know):
>> >
>> >LIBS     = $(LIBPATH) -levent -lxml2 -lintl.dll -lgdbm.dll \
>> >                -lglib-2.0.dll -lgdk.dll -lgtk.dll -liconv -lpng -lz \
>> >                -lreadline -lpython22 -lwsock32 -lwinmm -lm
>> >
>> >with lwinmm and lm as closing libraries.
>> 
>> No, I even tried, but it would've been very strange if the order of any 
>> library should matter.
>
>Just as a point, it can matter. If two libraries define a global with
>the same name, then the one linked in will depend on the linker and
>the order in which the libraries are named. Generally, I believe most
>linkers will use the first definition encountered (and I'll bet Posix
>specifies what should happen)

But wouldn't this give a linker error or at least a warning?

Regards,

        Holger