I can compile msys2 cygwin posix libraries to build a .a library instead of .dll. But where can I get source for those dll. I guess probably it is just a matter of changing some options to compiler/linker.
Regards, Amit On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 10:51 AM ralph engels <ralpheng...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You might not have much luck building bash as a standalone executable > for windows since it relies on some posix functionality that windows > does not have, hence Msys2 Cygwin posix libraries are needed and > unfortunatly those only come as a dll. There was an old project called > downhill which emulated enough of the posix library to make stuff such > as bash work without the dll on windows, unfortuanatly development on > downhill was halted over a decade ago, and the only bash that was ported > to windows using it was the old bash-3.0. > > You could pick up the source code for downhill from here > https://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/unxutils/current/UnxUtilsSrc.zip/download > and try to get it working with later bash versions, but the source is > from a time where 64 bit was not a thing so if you intend to do a 64 bit > windows bash expect a lot of work ahead of you. > > Den 07-12-2019 kl. 16:34 skrev Amit Choudhary: > > Hi, > > > > I am new to MSYS2. > > > > I was trying to get source code of bash that is used in MSYS2. I > > wanted to compile it in static mode for use on another computer > > without requiring any extra dll/library. I downloaded > > https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages. But in bash directory, it > > looks like it has patches only. > > > > How can I get the full source code of bash used in MSYS2. Please let me > > know. > > > > Regards, > > Amit > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Msys2-users mailing list > > Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list Msys2-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
