Windows C utility program (Pname.c) being compiled and linked as a dll. I am doing this on Windows 10 using CodeBlocks and Mingw/gcc. The link step produces 1 error as follows:
Cannot export NULL_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR: symbol not foundCannot export SP2_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR: symbol not foundcollect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit statusSP2 is a dll called to handle the Windows display of error messages. These IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR parameters are in the "libPname.def" file, and my understanding is they are used in the "libPname.a" files. Other than that, I have no idea what causes the error, why the symbols are not resolved since they are in "libPname.def" file, or where to start to fix the error.
The other kicker about this is, "Pname.c" is structured the same way many other programs are structured and the others link and run just fine. I have never seen this error before.