Cygwin compiler and linker options

Ralph Hempel rhempel@bmts.com
Fri Aug 22 16:56:00 GMT 2008


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?

Cheers, Ralph

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