Re: [libmicrohttpd] W32: remove dependency on libgcc dll with latest GCC

[LRN]

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On 15.04.2014 19:00, Evgeny Grin wrote:
> 15.04.2014, 18:53, "LRN" <address@hidden>:
>> How about making static libgcc linking optional
>> (W32_SHARED_LIB_EXP is true basically always for W32 builds, as
>> all its prerequisites are available)? And/or maybe separate
>> static libgcc linking into separate option.
> libgcc contains only internal routines and only 3 of them are used.
> Libs on Win32 are distributed usually in binary form and with
> libgcc dll this dll must be distributed with lib dll. Don't see any
> real reason for making it dynamic Did I miss something?
> 

Whether to link statically or dynamically is packager's choice. Don't
take it away just because *you* think static linkage is OK. If static
linking makes a lot of sense, make libmicrohttpd *default* to linking
libgcc statically, and require --enable-shared-libgcc configure option
to override that.

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