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From: "John Emmas" <johne53 AT tiscali DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: A dumb question about static libs ?
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:15:29 -0000
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I'm sure this'll seem obvious to those of you who are more experienced
with Cygwin than I am - but to me, it seems like a pretty reasonable
question.....

I understand that Cygwin isn't an emulator and therefore it can't run a
standard Linux executable.  I also understand why a Linux shared object
can't be used with Cygwin as if it was a DLL.

But what about static libs?  I've noticed that if I use Cygwin's nm.exe
I can list the contents of a Cygwin static lib.  However, it also happily
lists the contents of a conventional Linux static lib.  So assuming (a) that
the given Linux library was built for the right processor - and assuming
(b) it's the right library for any associated header files, could it be used
in building a Cygwin app?  Anyone ever tried this?

John


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