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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:56:34 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin compiler and linker options
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:32:24AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> Phil is 100% correct here.  It's heartening to see someone so thoroughly
>> getting it after having to so frequently deal with the misconceptions
>> about -mno-cygwin.  Confusion about -mwindows is new though.
>> I'm counting the days until -mno-cygwin disappears.  It is a blight that
>> must be expunged.  I know that as soon as it is gone there will be a
>> general wail from people who use it but it really should never have been
>> implemented.
>
> As one of "those people" I wonder if it will still be possible to
> generate executables that do not depend on cygwin DLLs using
> cygwin's gcc?

No, we're changing the laws of the universe to make this a physical
impossibility.  At your first attempt to generate a mingw cross compiler
you will be shunted into an antimatter dimension where your atoms will
explode in an unbelievable burst of energy.

Sorry.

cgf

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