Re: [Mingw-users] Wasted effort?

[Georg F. <fu...@is...>]

Here is an example Makefile!

Georg Fusz wrote:
> 
> Whyle linking you can use object-files (xxx.o) and file-archive (libXxx.a)in the
> same way.
> 
> ld -shared -o Mydll.dll ......... xxx.o libXxx.a
> 
> Franco Bez wrote:
> >
> > AGIS Software <ag...@ag...> schrieb am 20.02.01:
> > > I had hoped to somehow combine the static libraries and the program objects
> > > into a single dll file, with an appropriate export for just the main
> > > program. The calling MSVC program will only need to execute the main
> > > program. On getting this far I can't find a way to do that easily as, from
> > > my reading of the dll tool documentation, there is no way to just include
> > > the static libraries in the dll build.
> > >
> > > Is my only option to make separate dlls for each of the dependent
> > > libraries? Has anyone built something similar to what I am proposing, or
> > > are there bigger hurdles that I haven't seen yet? I'm already over time on
> > > this and need to decide how or whether to continue.
> >
> > Static libraries are merely collections of object files.
> 
> That is very true and forgotten by the most people!
> 
> > You can take them appart using the tool ar (see ar --help for info)
> >
> > The resulting .o files may be linked together to form a single DLL or EXE.
> >
> 
> This step is not necessary!
> 
> > Ciao,
> >   Franco
> >
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