Op 14-5-2012 8:12, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) schreef:
On 2012-05-12 03:03, A.R. Burgers wrote:
this package has the .dll.a files but not the .a files:
I checked the libpcre build from source, the .a files are built,
but apparently they are not included in the devel package.
No, they are not built at all:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2012-03/msg00101.html
in the source package from the pcre web site which I used, they are
built by default, I didn't realize the source packages uses
--disable-static, thanks for the pointer.
I would like to ask the maintainer to include them in a next
release.
You'll have to give me a *really* good reason why you absolutely must
static libraries.
well, I like to make static builds, so I can distribute just the .exe
and the cygwin1.dll, without having to think about the dll's to include.
I think the choice of linking with either .dll.a or .a is quite elegant,
and works well.
If there would have been a poll on this topic, I would have voted in
favor of keeping the .a files.
Teun
