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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:10:17 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: CYGWIN1.DLL
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In-Reply-To: <3B544E79.50A10401@bestweb.net>; from jamesl@bestweb.net on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:40:57AM -0400

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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