Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:19:23 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: -static not working with gcc 4.3.4
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On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 01:21:39PM -0800, gvidaver wrote:
>To clarify : you can't make an executable that copies the dll or
>library code into the executable itself.  When the exe launches it will
>look for cygwin1.dll in /usr/bin.  So it will fail to launch on a
>system that doesn't have cygwin installed.

Nope.  Cygwin doesn't look in /usr/bin.  If you could get something like
that to work you'd just have to adhere to the GPL.  That's all.

>If I understand the cygwin license, this is intended as a way to help
>RedHat make money from cygwin (this intent is fine by me) by forcing
>you to pay them for a solution to this problem.

You don't understand the license.  Please stop attempting to give advice.
The thread is five months old.  We don't need further discussion.

cgf

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