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diff --git a/winsup/doc/dll.sgml b/winsup/doc/dll.sgml index 7bb10829c..a44129b3c 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/dll.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/dll.sgml @@ -91,13 +91,21 @@ you will probably want to use the complete syntax:</para> -Wl,--out-implib=lib${module}.dll.a \ -Wl,--export-all-symbols \ -Wl,--enable-auto-import \ - -Wl,--whole-archive ${old_lib} \ + -Wl,--whole-archive ${old_libs} \ -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${dependency_libs}</screen> -<para>Where ${module} is the name of your DLL, ${old_lib} are all +<para> +The name of your library is <literal>${module}</literal>, prefixed with +<literal>cyg</literal> for the DLL and <literal>lib</literal> for the +import library. Cygwin DLLs use the <literal>cyg</literal> prefix to +differentiate them from native-Windows MinGW DLLs, see +<ulink URL="http://mingw.org">the MinGW website</ulink> for more details. +<literal>${old_libs}</literal> are all your object files, bundled together in static libs or single object -files and the ${dependency_libs} are import libs you need to -link against, e.g '-lpng -lz -L/usr/local/special -lmyspeciallib'.</para> +files and the <literal>${dependency_libs}</literal> are import libs you +need to link against, e.g +<userinput>'-lpng -lz -L/usr/local/special -lmyspeciallib'</userinput>. +</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="dll-link"><title>Linking Against DLLs</title> |