Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050525211518.03cba708@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 21:24:21 -0400 To: cygwin@cygwin.com, Alireza Ghasemi From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: .a to .lib converting Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: References: <000601c56114$340b1970$812fb5d5@keloasc60pobkb> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 09:21 AM 5/25/2005, you wrote: >On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > >> Hello, >> I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like VC++) as >> static .lib files.is this possible? > >Yes. Or no. ;-) >> Can I convert .a files to windows static libraries? > >Yes. Or no. ;-) >> If possible,what program do I need? > >This was discussed before, though I'm not sure what the correct search >terms would be. I believe you can simply use "mv libblah.a libblah.lib". > might help, too. > Igor Actually, this is the answer to the opposite question. The answer to that is as the FAQ states. Using Cygwin .a's with VC++ isn't as easy, since they are going to pull in 'cygwin1.dll' and this cannot currently be initialized properly by non-cygwin programs. Of course, this subject has also be discussed in the email archives. If interested, Alastair Growcott suggested a "workaround". If you're interested in it, see . I'd recommend directing questions about this to him, though it's worthwhile to cc the list for posterity. :-) >P.S. Your space key seems to be malfunctioning... Yeah, I noticed that. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/