libgmp-3.dll.dll is missing

[Sisyphus]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andreas Fabri" <andreas.fabri at geometryfactory.com>
To: <gmp-discuss at gmplib.org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 3:11 AM
Subject: libgmp-3.dll.dll is missing


>
> Hello,
>
> I want to use the shared version of GMP generated with MinGW in an 
> application using VC++.
>
> I created it calling in msys:
>
> configure --disable-static --enable-shared
> make
>
>
> I then followed the instructions on the page
> "http://gmplib.org/manual/Notes-for-Particular-Systems.html#Notes-for-Particular-Systems
> in order to generate the .lib file:
>
>  cd .libs
>  lib /def:libgmp-3.dll.def /out:libgmp-3.lib
>
>
>
> When I link with libgmp-3.lib, and then run the executable
> I get the following error message
>
>   "The program can't start because libgmp-3.dll.dll is missing."
>
>
> Renaming libgmp-10.dll to the expected name solves the
> problem, but I guess that's not the way it should be.
>
> Did I misunderstand something in the manual?

Not sure, but I think that if the existing dll is named 'libgmp-10.dll, then 
you have to name the def file 'libgmp-10.def'. (Untested.)

Cheers,
Rob