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digitalmars.D - has anyone got the OpenWatcom (wlink) linker to work (in windows)?

reply "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
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i've got some free time in the past few days, so i've been messing with =
the Open Watcom multi-format linker.  i'm trying to link some =
COFF-format files in with my project.

i'm just having trouble getting the damn thing to link correctly, =
period, let alone link in other formats.  i'm using a very simple =
program:

[dtest.d]
import std.stdio;

void main()
{
    int x=3D5;
    writefln(x);
}

and i'm compiling with the -c flag so it doesn't use the OPTLINK linker.

i then link with the following command (for those not familiar with DOS, =
%var% is the same as $(var))

set LINK=3D\dmd\bin\wlink
set PROG=3Ddtest
%LINK% LIBP \dmd\lib LIBP \dm\lib FORM WIndows F %PROG%.obj LIBF =
kernel32.lib N %PROG%

i have to use the LIBF kernel32.lib or else it gives a lot of undefined =
references.

the weird thing is that it compiles and links just fine, but the final =
EXE is unrunnable.  i run it and it gives a cryptic message about =
something called BaseAttachCompleteThunk not being found in =
kernel32.dll. =20

has anyone had any better luck with this?  most of the options in the =
linker are way over my head, and i have no idea what i'm missing.

again i lament - WHY OH WHY COULDN'T WALTER JUST USE COFF ;)
Aug 28 2004
next sibling parent "Roald Ribe" <rr.no spam.teikom.no> writes:
When using wlink for C and WIN32 linking, you make a .lnk
file looking somthing like this:

OP STACK=128k
FILE prog.obj
NAME prog.exe
SYS NT_WIN
RU CON
LIBRARY kernel32.lib

I think I have seen a web page for DMC/DMD and wlink interaction.
Maybe it contains a howto?

Roald


"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> wrote in message
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i've got some free time in the past few days, so i've been messing with the
Open Watcom multi-format linker.  i'm trying to link some COFF-format files
in with my project.

i'm just having trouble getting the damn thing to link correctly, period,
let alone link in other formats.  i'm using a very simple program:

[dtest.d]
import std.stdio;

void main()
{
    int x=5;
    writefln(x);
}

and i'm compiling with the -c flag so it doesn't use the OPTLINK linker.

i then link with the following command (for those not familiar with DOS,
%var% is the same as $(var))

set LINK=\dmd\bin\wlink
set PROG=dtest
%LINK% LIBP \dmd\lib LIBP \dm\lib FORM WIndows F %PROG%.obj LIBF
kernel32.lib N %PROG%

i have to use the LIBF kernel32.lib or else it gives a lot of undefined
references.

the weird thing is that it compiles and links just fine, but the final EXE
is unrunnable.  i run it and it gives a cryptic message about something
called BaseAttachCompleteThunk not being found in kernel32.dll.

has anyone had any better luck with this?  most of the options in the linker
are way over my head, and i have no idea what i'm missing.

again i lament - WHY OH WHY COULDN'T WALTER JUST USE COFF ;)
Aug 29 2004
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Ilya Minkov <minkov cs.tum.edu> writes:
Do you use the original OpenWatcom linker or this one here?

http://cmeerw.org/prog/owtools/

I guess you can ask your questions to the author of the port, see bottom 
of the page for his e-mail afress.

-eye

Jarrett Billingsley schrieb:

 i've got some free time in the past few days, so i've been messing with 
 the Open Watcom multi-format linker.  i'm trying to link some 
 COFF-format files in with my project.
  
 i'm just having trouble getting the damn thing to link correctly, 
 period, let alone link in other formats.  i'm using a very simple program:
  
 [dtest.d]
 import std.stdio;
  
 void main()
 {
     int x=5;
     writefln(x);
 }
  
 and i'm compiling with the -c flag so it doesn't use the OPTLINK linker.
  
 i then link with the following command (for those not familiar with DOS, 
 %var% is the same as $(var))
  
 set LINK=\dmd\bin\wlink
 set PROG=dtest
 %LINK% LIBP \dmd\lib LIBP \dm\lib FORM WIndows F %PROG%.obj LIBF 
 kernel32.lib N %PROG%
  
 i have to use the LIBF kernel32.lib or else it gives a lot of undefined 
 references.
  
 the weird thing is that it compiles and links just fine, but the final 
 EXE is unrunnable.  i run it and it gives a cryptic message about 
 something called BaseAttachCompleteThunk not being found in kernel32.dll. 
  
 has anyone had any better luck with this?  most of the options in the 
 linker are way over my head, and i have no idea what i'm missing.
  
 again i lament - WHY OH WHY COULDN'T WALTER JUST USE COFF ;)
Aug 30 2004
parent "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
yeah, i'm using christof's.  i suppose emailing him would be the best idea
;)
Aug 30 2004
prev sibling parent reply Christof Meerwald <cmeerw web.de> writes:
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:27:59 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley wrote:

 [dtest.d]
 import std.stdio;

 void main()
 {
     int x=3D5;
     writefln(x);
 }


BTW, I can correctly link your example with the following command line:

  wlink libpath 'c:\programme\microsoft sdk\lib' libpath \dmd\lib libpath
  \dm\lib file test.obj format windows nt

I am not sure, but there might be an issue with using DM's OMF Win32 import
libraries with wlink. Try using the Platform SDK's COFF import libraries
instead.


bye, Christof

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mailto cmeerw at web.de

...and what have you contributed to the Net?
Aug 31 2004
parent reply "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
   wlink libpath 'c:\programme\microsoft sdk\lib' libpath \dmd\lib libpath
   \dm\lib file test.obj format windows nt


doesn't work for me (of course i changed the path to where i have the
platform SDK import libs).  i get a bunch of undefined references to
functions that exist in kernel32.lib.  and if i use LIBF kernel32.lib, it
compiles, but once again i get the error.
Sep 02 2004
parent reply Christof Meerwald <cmeerw web.de> writes:
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:23:20 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley wrote:

   wlink libpath 'c:\programme\microsoft sdk\lib' libpath \dmd\lib libpath
   \dm\lib file test.obj format windows nt


 doesn't work for me (of course i changed the path to where i have the
 platform SDK import libs).  i get a bunch of undefined references to


Hmm, what happens if you temporarily rename the kernel32.lib in \dm\lib?

And what happens if you copy the MS SDK kernel32.lib to \dm\lib?


bye, Christof

-- 
http://cmeerw.org                                 JID: cmeerw jabber.at
mailto cmeerw at web.de

...and what have you contributed to the Net?
Sep 10 2004
parent "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
 Hmm, what happens if you temporarily rename the kernel32.lib in \dm\lib?
 And what happens if you copy the MS SDK kernel32.lib to \dm\lib?


strangely enough, it works!

what makes it work, though?  it works whether the MS SDK version of kernel32
is in dm\lib or not.

thanks anyway!  hopefully i'm on my way to getting some other libs working
correctly :)
Sep 11 2004