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Re: cygwin now supports shared libraries?


Hi Gery,

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Gery .  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I though that Cygwin did not support shared libraries, I read it somewhere in the past, but now I am installing GEOS 3.4.2 (http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/) and I noticed this after the configure (it's just part of the long list of messages):
>
> checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
>
> so, Cygwin now supports shared libraries or always did? sorry if this sounded like dumb, but as I said I understood that never did, moreover, the lack of /sbin/ldconfig should have supported my previous believes.

The number of *.dll files in /bin should have convinced you otherwise :)

Csaba
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