Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Confusion as to how mingw works

2013-07-09 Thread JonY
On 7/9/2013 21:40, Baruch Burstein wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:56 PM, JonY wrote: > >> On 7/9/2013 20:42, Baruch Burstein wrote: >>> >>> Static libraries compiled with the VS compiler (I think toolchain is the >>> correct term?) cannot be used with mingw compiler as far as I know. So >> whe

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Confusion as to how mingw works

2013-07-09 Thread Baruch Burstein
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:56 PM, JonY wrote: > On 7/9/2013 20:42, Baruch Burstein wrote: > > > > Static libraries compiled with the VS compiler (I think toolchain is the > > correct term?) cannot be used with mingw compiler as far as I know. So > when > > I compile with mingw and a static CRT, whi

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Confusion as to how mingw works

2013-07-09 Thread JonY
On 7/9/2013 20:42, Baruch Burstein wrote: > My understanding was always that mingw, as opposed to Cygwin, didn't supply > a CRT, but instead used the Windows CRT. I never gave this a second thought > until recently, and am now very confused. Partially correct, mingw does have a CRT for supplementi

[Mingw-w64-public] Confusion as to how mingw works

2013-07-09 Thread Baruch Burstein
My understanding was always that mingw, as opposed to Cygwin, didn't supply a CRT, but instead used the Windows CRT. I never gave this a second thought until recently, and am now very confused. Static libraries compiled with the VS compiler (I think toolchain is the correct term?) cannot be used w