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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:58:20 -0400
From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: libcygwin.a as a symbolic link to lib{c,m}.a -- need insight
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In-Reply-To: <199908202253.SAA28267@envy.delorie.com>; from DJ Delorie on Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 06:53:35PM -0400

On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 06:53:35PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> "My libc.a is only 14 bytes.  I think that's why I'm getting syntax
>> errors in my source file."
>
>When we switched from djgpp v1 to v2, we moved a lot of optional
>libraries *into* libc.a, and built a bunch of "14 byte" libraries in
>case anyone tried to use them.  We get less FAQs now.

But that was the only thing you *could* do with DJGPP, right?  It
doesn't have symbolic links, does it?

cgf