X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:24:02 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Does 'ar' work with native MS Windows libs? Message-ID: <20061003142402.GA31259@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20061003110319.GA27817@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:10:50AM -0700, Coatimundi wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:27:50PM -0700, Coatimundi wrote: >>>I need to break open a library I created with Visual Studio and insert >>>some objects also compiled with Visual Studio. >>> >>>Will Cygwin's ar command work for this task? >> >>Here's an idea: How about just *trying* it? >> > >Well, that's a good idea. I did that before posting and found different >degrees of success with different libs. Rather than potentially waste a >lot of good people's time, I asked for and received a quick up/down >indicator. Thanks. By not including the above information in your initial message and not expounding on what is meant by "different degrees of success" you have ended up not getting informed responses. 'ar' should operate on .lib files correctly. If you have specific problems then providing details would help you get non-speculative responses. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/