Re: want to develop a simple LINUX plugin

[William Yu <william at realsoftware dot com>]

I haven't used cygwin extensively enough to tell you, but I'm sure you can
get on a cygwin list and pose that question.


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On 3/17/05 9:35 AM, "Ramana Rao" <ramana dot rao at induslogic dot com> wrote:

> Can I use gcc on windows box thru cygwin..
> 
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> On 3/17/05 8:57 AM, "Ramana Rao" <ramana dot rao at induslogic dot com> wrote:
> 
>> I compiled using a makefile(obtained fro mailing list archive) and
> generated
>> a shared library.
>> I have two questions:
>> 1)I had compiled wih g++ on my LINUX box and then used the RB converter to
>> convert it into a RB plugin on my Windows box which has the RB
> application.
>> I am getting to wonder if I should have first of all used g++ on my
> windows
>> box thru cygwin or similar utility, instead of directly compiling on the
>> LINUX box.
> 
> You'd need a cross compiler, so you could in theory, but that's for another
> discussion (search the archives, there might be some mention of it).
> 
>> 2) The makefile specified an option -shared. Should't it be -static?
> 
> No, RB does not know how to compile in static objects from another language.
> 

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