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

[Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>]

On Jul 27, 2008, at 9:24 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> Zitat von Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>:
>
>>
>> On Jul 26, 2008, at 10:37 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> Neither do I. But a strange line number you have there. In 01d9b2d  
> (from
> mingw.git) I have 'exit(1)' in line 500 of git.c.

I have the same in line 500.  I am still wondering what this could
mean.  But I do not yet now :-(

	Steffen