mingw built program fails to run on Windows 2000 #586
Description
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. install go
cd $GOROOT/src
./all.bash
2. cross compile mingw runtime
export GOOS=mingw
cd $GOROOT/src/pkg/runtime
make clean
make install
3. cross compile my simple program
cd ~/test
cat test.go
package main
func main() {
print("hello world\n")
}
export GOOS=mingw
~/bin/8g -o _go_.8 test.go
~/bin/8l -o test.exe _go_.8
4. copy resulting binary test.exe to Win2000 pc and run it, it output
nothing and exits.
What is the expected output?
hello world
What do you see instead?
<nothing>
What is your $GOOS? $GOARCH?
GOARCH=386
GOOS=linux
Which revision are you using? (hg identify)
36e71486f51f+ tip
Please provide any additional information below.
I figured the problem is that the executable built by 8l, doesn't have
"import table" and Win2000 loader is not smart enough to implicitly link
kernel32.dll functions, used by runtime. The reference that helped me here
is: http://www.phreedom.org/solar/code/tinype/. That's the only ref I could
find.
I have made the change to the PE building code, and it seems to be doing
the trick. Happy to provide the code.
Thank you.