Re: [Mingw-users] Using mingw without dlls

[Eli Z. <el...@gn...>]

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:41:32 -0700 (PDT)
> From: mingw124 <for...@li...>
> 
> 
> OK so for example for pthread, what would it be? The lib is called
> "libpthread.dll.a" and you link it as -lpthread. How do I link it statically
> so I don't need the dll.

You can't.  libpthread.dll.a is not a static library, it's an import
library used to link against the dll.  You need to get hold of
libpthread.a, and then use "-static -lpthread" on the link command
line.