Patrick McMichael wrote:
> I can't find anyone who will tell me the difference between an Exports
> Library File and Import Library File
I've never heard of an "exports library file".
An import library is a small library that tells the linker how to link
against a DLL. Think of it as details about a DLL's interface distilled
down into a .lib (or in the case of Cygwin, .a) file.
> what the purpose of the C/C++ Inline File
I don't know what that is, either. Where do you see that?
> I realized I had mysql
> installed in an unusual location: C:\Program Files\MySQL\
I'd recommend putting it somewhere without spaces in the path, if you're
going to use this with Cygwin. I like c:\mysql, personally.
> it still wouldn't find those libraries even
> after I put that path in (using the --with-mysql, --with-mysql-lib, and
> --with-mysql-include switches).
It can't find the import library, or the headers, then.
> Frustrated, I turned to the MySQL++ website and read the section on
> how to twist MySQL++'s arm to get it to build under cygwin. I appreciate
> whoever put that short description and links on how to do what he was
> talking about up there, but it seems to be missing a few things,
I've rewritten it. It should be crystal clear now.
