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Re: Cygwin compiler and linker options
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:32:24AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> Phil is 100% correct here. It's heartening to see someone so thoroughly
>> getting it after having to so frequently deal with the misconceptions
>> about -mno-cygwin. Confusion about -mwindows is new though.
>> I'm counting the days until -mno-cygwin disappears. It is a blight that
>> must be expunged. I know that as soon as it is gone there will be a
>> general wail from people who use it but it really should never have been
>> implemented.
>
> As one of "those people" I wonder if it will still be possible to
> generate executables that do not depend on cygwin DLLs using
> cygwin's gcc?
No, we're changing the laws of the universe to make this a physical
impossibility. At your first attempt to generate a mingw cross compiler
you will be shunted into an antimatter dimension where your atoms will
explode in an unbelievable burst of energy.
Sorry.
cgf
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