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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt b/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt index f754b18d..db2a09a5 100644 --- a/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt +++ b/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt @@ -68,10 +68,16 @@ install PCRE: cd pcre-8.12 export CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" export CXXFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" - ./configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 + ./configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 --disable-shared make make install +Note: we must disable shared libraries on Windows because otherwise +libpcreposix.a is built to depend on libpcre.dll, even if you define +PCRE_STATIC, and since /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin (the location of the DLL) +is not normally on the PATH, the DLL can't be found, which stops you +from running any executables. + == Readline (Optional) == Readline enables editing and completion of commands in bbackupquery. |