Re: [Mingw-users] MINGW now works! (sorta)

[Danny S. <dan...@cl...>]

> The system-provided runtime libraries include, among other things:
>     kernel32.dll
>     advapi32.dll
>     msvcrt.dll
> 
> but NOT
>     msvcrt70.dll
>     msvcrt80.dll
> (technically, interfaces to these Visual Studio libraries are 
> provided, 
> but MinGW does not use them by default because there are 
> licensing and 
> redistribution issues. The original VC6 runtime msvcrt.dll is now 
> considered by Microsoft as "Part of the Operating System" -- 
> and there 
> is a specific exception in the GPL that covers proprietary libraries 
> that are "Part of the Operating System".  However, the newer MSVC 
> runtimes are not considered "Part of the Operating System" by 
> Microsoft. 

On newer versions of windows, the system MSVCRT.DLL does contain the new functionality of
at least msvcr71.dll

Foe example, on  XP  C:\WINDOWS\SYTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL is version 7.0.2600.2180 and at first
glance is equivalent to mscvr71.dll

Danny