Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:19:01 -0400 To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: SSH2 Server for Windows ? Message-ID: <20000615171901.B16008@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com References: <852568FF.0073EA4B.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <852568FF.0073EA4B.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>; from yap_noel@jpmorgan.com on Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 05:06:09PM -0400 On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 05:06:09PM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote: >I'm confused then. What is libcygwin.a? I'd at least feel more at >ease if I knew /why/ the cygwin1.dll dependency can't be removed and >what the difference between libcygwin.a and cygwin1.dll (besides static >vs dynamic) are. libcygwin.a is a standard import library used to provide references for linking in a DLL. If this is still confusing I'm sure someone will respond with references to tutorials on the subject. There is no facility for loading cygwin statically because it has never been developed. It is not technically infeasible but it isn't easy either. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com