X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:30:14 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Linking Linux static library under Cygwin Message-ID: <20100221213013.GA444@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4304a5bd1002211259k1f678ac6j29cb170ea535f49b AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4304a5bd1002211259k1f678ac6j29cb170ea535f49b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:59:05PM +0300, Dmitriy Strebkov wrote: >My problem is the following. > >I have a static library libmysqlclient.a, from MySQL version compiled >under Linux (mysql-5.0.45-linux-i686-glibc23). >Is there any possibility to link that library to an object file >complied under Cygwin's GCC? No. >Thus, could you please explain me: >- Is there any way to link and use Linux libraries under Cygwin at all? Please read the first the first few paragraphs at http://cygwin.com/ . You're apparently misunderstanding what Cygwin is for. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple