Re: [Mingw-users] Can I statically link to libstdc++.dll?

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Sorry if this has been asked before, but i've just joined the topic...
why not forget that libstdc++.dll and make the compiler link staticly by
default
as many other compilers do?

or is there a reason for the dynamin linking by default?


> Hello John,
>
> I think I was wrong:
> the compiler and linker comming with gcc.2.95.2.3 will do an static
linking only
> if you do it with commands like that:
>
> static.exe: static.o
> $(CXX) -Wl,-static -o $@ $<
>
> static.o: trivial.cpp  Makefile
> $(CXX) -D__STATIC__ -c $< -o $@
>
> or
>
> trivial.exe: trivial.o
> $(CXX)  -Wl,-static -o $@ $<
>
> trivial.o: trivial.cpp  Makefile
> $(CXX) -static -c $<
>
>
> But:
> Untill the dicussion about your mail I used the gcc-2.95.2-20001116.zip.
With
> this installation
> the stdg++ was allways static linked. There was no libstdc++.dll.
> The file libstdc++.a in both distributions is the same.
>
>
>
>
>
> John Lehmann wrote:
> >
> > Oh, can you do a static link with older versions of gcc but not the
newest?
> > I've gotten all kinds of different answers to my original question...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Georg Fusz <fu...@is...>
> > To: John Lehmann <jpl...@ho...>
> > Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] Can I statically link to libstdc++.dll?
> > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:50:19 +0000
> >
> > The simplest solution is:
> > Give your teacher your executable and the DLL.
> >
> > Try to link it with the static lib from an older release of gcc.XXX.zip.
> > If you don't have an, I can mail you such file.
> >
> > John Lehmann wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Hello,
> >  >
> >  > Either this is probably a common question or it's a really dumb
question,
> >  > but I tried hard and couldn't find an answer.
> >  >
> >  > How can I create an executable with G++ (win32 with mingw) that will
run
> >  > apart from having libstdc++.dll?  For example, I want to compile my
> > project
> >  > with G++ and turn it in (we're turning in executables too), but the
> > teacher
> >  > won't have the dll because he won't have installed mingw.
> >  >
> >  > I tried to use the -static libstdc++.a (with the path) but that was
just
> > a
> >  > shot in the dark and it didn't work...
> >  >
> >  > Thanks,
> >  > John
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