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Re: Linking Linux static library under Cygwin


On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:59:05PM +0300, Dmitriy Strebkov wrote:
>My problem is the following.
>
>I have a static library libmysqlclient.a, from MySQL version compiled
>under Linux (mysql-5.0.45-linux-i686-glibc23).
>Is there any possibility to link that library to an object file
>complied under Cygwin's GCC?

No.

>Thus, could you please explain me:
>- Is there any way to link and use Linux libraries under Cygwin at all?

Please read the first the first few paragraphs at http://cygwin.com/ .  You're
apparently misunderstanding what Cygwin is for.

cgf

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