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[Please don't commandeer existing threads to start a new topic]

According to John Emmas on 8/28/2008 5:50 AM:
> 1)  Am I right in assuming that these are supplied as pre-compiled binaries
> with associated header files?

Yes (although often, the header files are in the corresponding -devel
package).

> 
> 2)  Is the standard extension ".la" ('Cygwin\lib' seems to contain a lot of
> ".la" files).

That's the standard libtool library extension.  If you want the
compiler-recognized library extension, it is .a for static libraries (same
as Linux), and generally .dll for dynamic libraries (not .so).

> 
> 3)  What about 'unavailable' libraries (for example libsndfile).  Is it
> worth trying to download and build them myself - or have they been left out
> deliberately for other reasons (e.g. incompatibility)?

Usually, if something is not provided, it is because no one has
volunteered to port it yet.  You are welcome to try building it yourself,
and if it works, consider volunteering to contribute it.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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