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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:01:22 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: how to static link?
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In-Reply-To: <20010613031121.22566.qmail@mail.com>; from dgun@umpire.com on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:11:21AM +0800

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:11:21AM +0800, D G wrote:
> I've tried linking with gcc -static, and even specified static libraries as /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a, but still cygwin produces a dynamically linked executable.  How can I compile a statically linked executable?

You can't. Cygwin isn't statically linkable.

Corinna

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