title: How can I convert a VSTS .lib to a MinGW .a?
body: <p>I have a static library compiled with Visual Studio and I want to link to it from MinGW. </p>
  
  <p>I tried changing the suffix but I get a bunch of warnings like: <code>Warning: .drectve /DEFAULTLIB:"uuid.lib" /DEFAULTLIB:"uuid.lib" /DEFAULTLIB:"MSVCRT" /DEFAULTLIB:"OLDNAMES" ' unrecognized</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Also a few errors including: <code>./libetpan.a(Release_ssl/mailimap.obj):(.text[_mailimap_noop]+0x7): undefined reference to</code>___security_cookie'`. </p>
  
  <p>Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>