Re: GNUStep OpenGL on WinXP

[Doug Thompson]

Thanks for the info, Nicola.  I tried your suggestions and I can
remove the line "LDFLAGS=-lopengl32" from the makefile and it will
make fine.  using "messages=yes" was very informative.

--Doug.

On Sep 5, 1:34 pm, Nicola Pero <nicola.p...@meta-innovation.com>
wrote:
> Hi Doug
>
> you should try
>
>   make messages=yes
>
> to view the compiler and linker command lines and check how they  
> change when you add/remove these GNUmakefile options. ;-)
>
> Since you specify -lopengl32 twice (as Gears_TOOL_LIBS and LDFLAGS)  
> I'd expect it to appear twice on the linker command line;
> maybe one of the two is redundant ? (eg, try removing the LDFLAGS line  
> and see if it still works) ;-)
>
> As a general background of what the two options do, setting LDFLAGS  
> will generally force the -lopengl32 to appear on the linker command  
> line,
> in a certain position, for everything that gets compiled (in your  
> case, only the Gears application, but could be more if you had more).
> Gears_TOOL_LIBS will do the same, but IIRC in a different position on  
> the linker command line, and only for the 'Gears' instance - in your  
> case
> the Gears application.
>
> Thanks