> On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:46:50PM +0100, Ralf Habacker wrote: > >3. ld works more like the linux version. There are only static archives and > >shared libraries which could be linked directly without the > indirection of using > >import libraries. This simplifies for example libtool handling. > > I don't see how. If anything it would complicate libtool handling > since libtool > would have to know about both import libraries and dlls. You can't just give > up on import libraries, if for no other reason than some libraries (like > cygwin's for instance) contain a combination of import data and static data.
This and perhaps other libraries may be an exception, but couldn't this splitted like linux does ? If I remember right, they uses a standard lib like glibc, which may be a shared lib and some kind of startupcode in an objectfile (static), which may be different for executable or dll's or other kinds of output. Why does cygwin uses a specific way ? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
