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Re: Is it possible to convert .a linux library into win32 .dll or lib ?
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Eric Belhomme" <eric dot belhomme at free dot fr>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:10:54 -0000
- Subject: Re: Is it possible to convert .a linux library into win32 .dll or lib ?
- References: <Xns92C3A3171AE36ericbelhommefreefr@80.91.224.249>
Eric Belhomme wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I compiled a linux native library on cygwin. To do this I used the
> -mwin32 flag, as Tim Prince explained to me.
>
> So now it compiles nice, but I obtain a "libprelude.a" file so I
> wonder it is in ELF compatible format. The problem is I'd like to use
> this library with a native Win32 NT service (I try to make a win32
> prelude-lml sensor)
>
> So I need libprelude compiled as native win32 DLL or lib file. Is it
> possible ?
No, it's not ELF. It is a static library (i.e. more-or-less a static .lib
file)
I know nothing about the package you are talking about, so I don't know how
easy it would be to make a DLL.
Max.
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