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Re: A dumb question about static libs ?

From: "John Emmas" <johne53 at tiscali dot co dot uk>
To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:25:14 -0000
Subject: Re: A dumb question about static libs ?
References: <003f01c9258c$660320e0$4001a8c0@mycomputer> <20081003181947.GB4663@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>

----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor"


No, because it wouldn't work.  This has nothing to do with static vs.
dynamic.  While the format of a .a file may be similar that doesn't
equate to object file interoperability.  Cygwin's nm and ar commands
could theoretically read archives from a number of other operating
systems.  That doesn't mean that the objects that are in the archive
could be linked in.

cgf

Thanks Christopher. That's pretty much what I thought but it was worth asking.

John

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