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: <6.2.1.2.0.20050526150828.03d58dd8@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 15:19:25 -0400 To: cygwin@cygwin.com, cygwin@cygwin.com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: .a to .lib converting Cc: Alireza Ghasemi In-Reply-To: References: <000601c56114$340b1970$812fb5d5@keloasc60pobkb> <6.2.1.2.0.20050525211518.03cba708@pop.prospeed.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:47 AM 5/26/2005, you wrote: >On Wed, 25 May 2005, Larry Hall wrote: > >> 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. ;-) > >Eh? Your response below points to a "yes", AFAICS... I guess it depends on your level of expertise. VC++ .lib libraries can be used directly, without any fuss (standard exclusion for C++ linkage and some inevitable oddities of course). The reverse requires lots of fiddling/hacks though and is not part of Cygwin proper. That's why I said no. Also, while the FAQ entry you pointed to gives a few alternatives for linking against .lib libraries from gcc/g++, it says nothing about the reverse. So my response was meant as a clarification and to point out the difference in ease of going one way versus the other. I just didn't think that was clear from your post (or maybe it was but wasn't clear to me ;-) ). In any case, it sounds like you and I are in violent agreement on this subject so I think our work is done. ;-) -- 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/