I'm sure this'll seem obvious to those of you who are more experienced with Cygwin than I am - but to me, it seems like a pretty reasonable question.....
I understand that Cygwin isn't an emulator and therefore it can't run a standard Linux executable. I also understand why a Linux shared object can't be used with Cygwin as if it was a DLL. But what about static libs? I've noticed that if I use Cygwin's nm.exe I can list the contents of a Cygwin static lib. However, it also happily lists the contents of a conventional Linux static lib. So assuming (a) that the given Linux library was built for the right processor - and assuming (b) it's the right library for any associated header files, could it be used in building a Cygwin app? Anyone ever tried this? John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
