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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:43:15 +0100
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Subject: req: using cygwin's gcc for creating static libs in msvc binary format (.a => .lib) # Re: static MSVC library?
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Hi,

I am opening this thread again , more than 5 years later :
@ http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/1999-09/msg00541.html [1]

How comes is it impossible to write a STATIC lib using msvc's .LIB
format ? while .DLL are possible ?

Or at least to transcribe from gcc's .a format ?

Anyway if it possible or not this should be somewhere in the FAQ.

thx

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[1]

   * From: Mumit Khan <khan at nanotech dot wisc dot EDU>
   * Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:10:57 -0500
   * cc: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com

Jeffrey Juliano <juliano(a)cs.unc.edu> writes:
> I've searched through the FAQ and some of the archives, and found many
> references to how to make dll's with cygwin/gcc, and how to use msvc
> dll's in cygwin apps.
>
> I have not, however, found anything describing how to use a cygwin/gcc
> lib*.a STATIC library in a MSVC app, or how to use a MSVC STATIC library
> in a cygwin/gcc app.

You cannot, sorry. Unlike on Unix, VMS, etc, the various runtime libraries
(and even object formats) used by various compilers is not necessarily
compatible in windows32, and that essentially precludes static linking.

It works in a very limited set of cases, but I wouldn't bet on any real
code other than toy test cases.

Regards,
Mumit

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