why is -L/usr/local/lib necessary?

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Dave Korn
> Sent: 14 December 2004 17:28


> 2)  You can't statically link against a .dll anyway.  You 
> statically link (at
> compile time) against .a files; you dynamically link (at 
> runtime) against .dll files.

  Minor correction:  you can in fact link against a dll, but it doesn't actually
link the function from the dll into your exe, it links a __imp__FunctioName
stub.  So it's the same as linking against the corresponding static import
library (libfoo.dll.a in this case) anyway.

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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