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Re: Static build under Cygwin?

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Subject: Re: Static build under Cygwin?
From: Peter Stuge <stuge-openssh-unix-dev@cdy.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:06:36 +0200
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:29:14PM -0400, Chris Rapier wrote:
> Peter Stuge wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:08:36AM -0400, Chris Rapier wrote:
> >> I was wondering if anyone has statically built OpenSSH under
> >> cygwin?
> >> Mostly I'm just trying to avoid the need to require a specific
> >> user to install cygwin in order to use the client. Does it
> >> involve mingw?
> > 
> > Yes, it would, but MinGW != Cygwin and I don't think OpenSSH likes it
> > very much in Win32 land.
> > 
> > Cygwin is a POSIX compatibility layer for Win32.
> > 
> > MinGW is gcc+friends for Win32 with little or no built-in
> > compatibility.
> 
> So basically it would require voodoo. How many goats?
> ;)

42.

Back to the original question:

http://www.sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2000-12/msg01162.html
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00756.html

Seems it's not doable. But perhaps it's OK to distribute cygwin1.dll
along with ssh.exe ?


//Peter
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