X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:24:02 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Does 'ar' work with native MS Windows libs? Message-ID: <20061003142402.GA31259@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20061003110319 DOT GA27817 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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/