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Subject: Re: Linux vs Cygwin linkage
From: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:01:51 +1100
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On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 11:52 -0700, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to skaller on 2/18/2006 11:39 AM:
> > I have found some unexpected differences between Cygwin
> > and Linux. FYI I think Cygwin is right, and Linux is wrong.
> 
> No, they are both right, in their own way.  Windows .dlls cannot use
> undefined symbols, whereas Linux shared objects can 

[snip]

Ok, and Linux default is for backwards compatibility. Thanks
for confirming!

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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
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