i installed both postgres 8.1, and libpqxx 2.5.5 via mingw on windows
XP. Using the msys method of running ./configure and everything just
like the docs said.
postgres 8.1 has libpq.a, libpostgres.a, and libpq.dll in the libs
folder where i installed it to and all the libs seem to also located there..
and libpqxx was built with --disable-shared.
When i build my application i do it by including the .a files in the
build like like so:
(the paths are just examples, but are correct in my real tries)
g++ /c/mingw/lib/libpqxx.a /c/mingw/lib/libpq.a /c/mingw/lib/libws2_32.a
-o myfile.exe
The executable builds and runs fine. however if i move the exe to
another machine,
windows will keep bringing up an error box, "Application needs
libpq.dll" and exits.
If i copy over libpq.dll, everything works fine.
On linux, when i static link like above via including the paths, i don't
need libpq.so on the
system. Same with OSX. What is different, am I doing something wrong?
It was my understanding that all you had to do, to statically include a
lib was include the .a file.
I've been playing with it for many hours, and am just lost. I need a
static exe, i don't want to
have to deal with issues that come up with different versions of
libpq.dll and distribution/installation
problems from having seperate dlls at this time. The application just
isn't big enough for me to
worry about installers and stuff.
Thanks for the help.
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