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Re: stand alone console app
- To: <dale.smith@bellhow.com>, <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Subject: Re: stand alone console app
- From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:17:46 -0500
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>I have been watching this list for quite some time. I have also tried
>to search
>the archives. I still have some unanswered questions:
>
>1. Can mingw32 create a static library. *Not* a dll! I have a bit of
>code that
> needs to be linked with an application. It cannot be in a dll. (It's
>a looong
> story). (Oh yeah, for linking with VC++ 4.0)
Answer is YES. I do that with PGI (Portland Group Compilers) which are
MingW32 compatible.
>
>2. Can mingw32 create .obj files that can be statically linked with VC++
>4.0 .objs?
Again answer is YES, with PGI it works.
>
>3. Can mingw32 create *any* kind of debug output that can be used with
>VC++ 4.0
> Developer Studio?
Not sure.
>
>We use gcc here for solaris, sinix and sometimes sco, but VC++ for win32
>(95/nt). It
>would be so great to be able to build for any platform from out solaris
>development
>machines. As it is, I have boot nt to compile (I usually rin Linux).
>It's a real
>pain.
>
>Thanks!
> Dale
>