From:	bje AT cygnus DOT com (Ben Elliston)
Subject:	Re: Including .dll portions in binary?
26 Sep 1998 19:44:55 -0700 :
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To:	Lewis Beard <lewis DOT beard AT wcom DOT com>
Cc:	Gnu-Win32 Mailing List <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

> Is there a way, during the linking process or at some other time, to
> extract the portions of the cygwin32b19.dll (or whatever it is) and
> attach them into the binary I'm making. I ask because once I have a

In other words, you want to statically link the Cygwin library?

> binary, I don't want to have to install the cygnus stuff on my target
> box, and it seems that the .dll is big. Is there any way to make pure

Note that you only need the .DLL.  None of the other stuff, unless you use
it.  Is the DLL really that big, compared with some of the other DLLs
already on your system?  I don't think so.

Ben

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