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Re: cygwin now supports shared libraries?
- From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin list <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:05:05 +0200
- Subject: Re: cygwin now supports shared libraries?
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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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