Bug in CYGWIN's UUID library: GUID_NULL not found.

[Carlo B.]

I see... problem solved.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,

Carlo Bramini.

Il giorno lun 20 feb 2023 alle ore 17:01 Takashi Yano
<takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp> ha scritto:
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:48:50 +0100
> "Carlo B. wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I think that there is a bug into the uuid library, the one to be used
> > with the W32API for the POSIX core.
> > Please have a look to the following tiny test code:
> >
> > //====================
> > #include <windows.h>
> > #include <initguid.h>
> > #include <ks.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> >     printf("GUID_NULL=\"%08X-%04X-%04X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X\"\n",
> >         GUID_NULL.Data1,
> >         GUID_NULL.Data2, GUID_NULL.Data3,
> >         GUID_NULL.Data4[0], GUID_NULL.Data4[1],
> >         GUID_NULL.Data4[2], GUID_NULL.Data4[3],
> >         GUID_NULL.Data4[4], GUID_NULL.Data4[5],
> >         GUID_NULL.Data4[6], GUID_NULL.Data4[7]
> >     );
> >
> >     return 0;
> > }
> > //====================
> >
> > Compiling it with x86_64-pc-cygwin or i686-pc-cygwin does not work:
> >
> > $ gcc e.c -o e.exe -luuid
> > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> > /tmp/ccyJK3d9.o:e.c:(.rdata$.refptr.GUID_NULL[.refptr.GUID_NULL]+0x0):
> > undefined reference to `GUID_NULL'
> > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> You linked /usr/lib/libuuid.dll.a rather than /usr/lib/w32api/libuuid.a.
> You might want: gcc e.c -o e.exe -L/usr/lib/w32api -luuid
>
> --
> Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>