Can you statically compile a cygwin application?

Asked 2008-12-04T14:09:12.473

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Does cygwin allow a statically compiled binary? This would prevent the need for cygwin1.dll being on the PATH of target machines.

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Nope, it's currently not possible to statically link against cygwin1.dll; if your application does not use unix emulation (i.e. pure win32) you can pass -mno-cygwin to the compiler.

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Can you statically compile a cygwin application?

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