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Re: CYGWIN1.DLL
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:40:57AM -0400, James E. LaBarre wrote:
>Probably to simplify installations for end users that don't have
>cygwin. That said, I'd expect the -mingw method would *be* the simplest
>for end users; if they specifically need cygwin functionality, then
>including more of cygwin would be the way to go (having the added
>benefit of being upgradable as new cygwin builds come out).
Interesting speculation, but you really can't pick and choose pieces
of cygwin when linking with -mno-cygwin. It's an all or nothing thing.
Either use -mno-cygwin or don't. You can't do things like "Hmm. I
don't want cygwin's path code but I do like fork, so I'll just load
the fork part."
cgf
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