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True Static Linking
On Tuesday 16 Apr 02, Westley Weimer writes:
> I am using gcc under cygwin and I would like to ship hello.exe to a friend
> who does not have cygwin1.dll on his computer.
> ...
> (1) Is there a "-static" switch that statically links in cygwin1.dll?
Read the FAQ entry "Can I build a Cygwin program that does not require
cygwin1.dll at runtime?"
> (2) If not, how else can I solve this problem?
Have them install Cygwin. If they only want the "cygwin" package from
the Base category, they can de-select all the other packages that
would otherwise be installed by default.
Regards,
David
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