cannot find -lc

[nagavineela]

Hi All,
Good Mrng Everybody. I am Vineela.
I am here with few queries:
I am using Green Hills C Compiler, Cygwin to build a project in Linux.
PC is windows XP.
Green Hills C compiler which we r using is windows based which can support LINUX os.
When i build a project (a simple hello program), the following error message occurs

"Linking hello because it does not exist
/cygdrive/c/linux_build_dir/bin/ld: skipping incompatible C:\linux_build_dir\lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/cygdrive/c/linux_build_dir/bin/ld: skipping incompatible C:\linux_build_dir\lib/libc.a when searching for -lc

/cygdrive/c/linux_build_dir/bin/ld: cannot find -lc

Error: build failed
Build failed

Please help me to solve this issue.

Thanks & Regards,
Vineela

[scm]

Well on a proper system (not Windows!) you'll have a C runtime library, which is what the -lc directive is specifying. It should be trying find a library called libc.a or libc.so in /usr/lib or /lib.

However, the fact that ld is reporting that it can't find -lc it may not be interpreting the flag properly.

I've always found Cygwin to be lacking at extremes of usage - for the most part it's a reasonable implementation but then you stumble over a glaring lack.

[asin]

.so file is a library for linux (same as .dll in windows) and it is compatible in linux only.
if u want to run inside the cygwin,the extension for the file must be in .dll as it is base on the windows environment