[ros-dev] msvcrt/crtdll "merge"

[Ge van Geldorp]

> From: Gunnar Dalsnes
>
> I made some changes so neither crtdll/msvcrt import from self 
> anymore. Its strange that the linker is not smart enough to
> resolve symbols without having to import from self, but it
> could be "by design".
> 
> The linker is crazy, because it does not complain when you export 
> non-existing symbols/functions. Anyone who calls these functions
> will crash in mysterious ways (been there). The bug might be
> triggered by the option --enable-stdcall-fixup??? (just guessing)

I think the problem is that gcc implicitly adds "-lmsvcrt" to its command
line. So if you export a non-existing function the linker will just import
it from libmsvcrt.a. There probably is a gcc option to turn the implicit
addition of "-lmsvcrt" (and other standard libs) off.

Gé van Geldorp.