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Re: -static not working with gcc 4.3.4
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:19:23 -0500
- Subject: Re: -static not working with gcc 4.3.4
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- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 01:21:39PM -0800, gvidaver wrote:
>To clarify : you can't make an executable that copies the dll or
>library code into the executable itself. When the exe launches it will
>look for cygwin1.dll in /usr/bin. So it will fail to launch on a
>system that doesn't have cygwin installed.
Nope. Cygwin doesn't look in /usr/bin. If you could get something like
that to work you'd just have to adhere to the GPL. That's all.
>If I understand the cygwin license, this is intended as a way to help
>RedHat make money from cygwin (this intent is fine by me) by forcing
>you to pay them for a solution to this problem.
You don't understand the license. Please stop attempting to give advice.
The thread is five months old. We don't need further discussion.
cgf
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