Re: DLL into .a (Metis problem)

2008-03-19 Thread Tatsuro MATSUOKA
Hello I have an experience to build the Metis from source on cygwin. It is not so tough work so that you can get everything if you build the METIS libraries by yourself. However, the Metis license is NOT compatible to GPL. Therefore, the octave community have decided not to use the Metis to con

Re: DLL into .a

2008-03-18 Thread Brian Dessent
Paulo Mota wrote: > Is there a tool to convert a DLL (which has no API Windows calls) into a > lib.a or lib.la ? That is not possible. A DLL is fully linked code. A static library (libfoo.a) is unlinked code. Linking is a one-way process, it removes information that cannot be recovered. A fil

DLL into .a

2008-03-18 Thread Paulo Mota
Is there a tool to convert a DLL (which has no API Windows calls) into a lib.a or lib.la ? If not, then say that I have a lib file named libmetis.a To make the executable I would add the following "-L$HOME/ -lmetis" If I have WinMetis.dll, would there be an equivalent command? Regards, Paulo Mo

Re: anyone know how to convert an existing visual C++ import library and dll into a cygwin one?

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 05:00 AM 4/24/2002, Jonathan Wilson wrote: >I have a .dll and a .lib that work with visual C++ (Plus some headers that I have >already ported) and I need to convert the dll and lib into something I can link in >with cygwin gnu LD (version 2.11.90 is what ld -v says it is) Gcc is 2.95.3-5 Th

anyone know how to convert an existing visual C++ import libraryand dll into a cygwin one?

2002-04-24 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I have a .dll and a .lib that work with visual C++ (Plus some headers that I have already ported) and I need to convert the dll and lib into something I can link in with cygwin gnu LD (version 2.11.90 is what ld -v says it is) Gcc is 2.95.3-5 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#

Re: Run time linking a .dll into a .exe

2001-12-04 Thread Danny Smith
--- Glen Ozymok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to create some plugins for an executable. > The problem is that when I create a plugin > (.dll, shared object, or whatever you want to call it), > it sucks in code that is already in the executable. > In other words, I link the executable with s

Run time linking a .dll into a .exe

2001-12-04 Thread Glen Ozymok
I want to create some plugins for an executable. The problem is that when I create a plugin (.dll, shared object, or whatever you want to call it), it sucks in code that is already in the executable. In other words, I link the executable with some static library, libfoo.a, and the executable gets