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Re: Questions about porting from Linux to Windows...
On Jan 23 00:28, jano trouba wrote:
> In the examples you gave me of different applications (Hello), they are
> both LINKED via cgwin.
Yes, but the results are different. When using the -mno-cygwin flag
your build native Windows applications, when not using that flag you
build Cygwin applications.
> [...]
> builder using static ".a" libraries compiled with the cygwin environment,
> with the -mwindow flag...
^^^^^^^^
See below
> So if I understood correctly what you told me in your last message, if I
> follow the above-mentioned procedure I should be in the clear both in the
> licensing side (not needing any licence fee) and in the runtime side (not
> needing cygwin DLL) (the libraries should contain WIN32 code).
>
> Is this correct ??
No. You have to use the -mno-cygwin flag. With just the -mwindows flag
you still create Cygwin code if the -mno-cygwin flag is not used.
Corinna
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