From: Fabian G. <fa...@gr...> - 2011-10-21 19:25:23
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Hi all, Am Freitag, den 26.08.2011, 13:42 +0200 schrieb Fabian Greffrath: > But I got an idea: What if the "critical" parts of msys-1.0.dll, i.e. > the ones that prevent static linking, get replaced by some stubs (like > the ones from libgw32c or downhill) depending on whether a dynamic or > static library is build. alright, I admit that the idea to replace fork() with a stub is a stupid one. But if fork() is really the only implemented function (family) that prevents static linking, wouldn't it be possible to create a static library and a set of headers that simply do not provide these functions anymore? Upstream configure scripts would need to detect this situation and fall back to calling system() in appropriate situations instead. - Fabian |