Problem linking with an import library (.lib) file:

[JonY]

On 5/16/2015 04:08, Mark Rivers wrote:
> Jon Y wrote:
> 
>> Try using gendef to generate a def file from the DLL and use dlltool to
>> generate an import library from the new def file.
> 
> Unfortunately the dll is stripped, so this does not work:
> 
> $ nm plxapi631.dll
> nm: plxapi631.dll: no symbols
> 
> I know that this specific .lib file has worked in the past to link with Cygwin.  Unfortunately it is quite difficult to "roll back" with Cygwin to figure out in which version it last worked.
> 

gendef should still be able to get a list of symbols, it works on
Windows system DLLs, it should work on yours.



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