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Re: -lc == -lcygwin in the next release?
- To: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
- Subject: Re: -lc == -lcygwin in the next release?
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 17:57:27 -0500 (CDT)
- cc: cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Chris Faylor wrote:
> Does anyone mind if I get rid of libcygwin.a in the next release
> and just call it libc.a? Then when it is copied to /whatever/lib
> it will work correctly when it is used on a command line.
>
I just suggested something similar in a post to cygwin list. The current
situation causes gratuitous problems that can be solved by simply either
linking libcygwin.a to libc.a or renaming libcygwin.a to libc.a. Either
way, please please remove the newlib libc.a.
Regards,
Mumit