Linking DMD D objects together with Cygwin GCC

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Simon <werbungsfilter at arcor.de> wrote:
> I'm trying to link DMD D objects together with Cygwin GCC objects. I convert DMD OMF to COFF using link.exe -edit.
> I use gphobos as runtime library.
> Problem: When I declare a class in D, linking fails due to not resolved symbols like _Object7__ClassZ
> I tried to convert DMD phobos lib to coff (using link.exe), but this failed at stream.obj, which had too many ?? sections. All other files went fine.
> I must use the GCC linker, so what can I do to get the DMD phobos lib in COFF?
>
>

Converting object files from one format to another is a "cross your
fingers" situation at best.

You'd probably be better off using GDC for Windows.  It uses MinGW and
outputs the same COFF objects that Cygwin's GCC uses.