Re: Static linking in GTK Windows

[Gus Koppel <gtk spamkiller bytechase cx>]

Michael Torrie  wrote:

> > Does the above mean that there is no practical way to distribute
> > a single .exe file and expect it to run on the user's computer?
>
> That is correct.  There are very few apps that distribute for windows in
> one exe (you're not talking an installer, but the app itself, right?). 
> You can simply wrap up your app's files in a nice installer/uninstaller
> setup.exe file. 

I haven't tried it yet by myself, but wouldn't there be a way to link all
(required) .o(bj) files of GTK+ into a .exe to make it distributable as a
single file? The .o(bj) files should be obtainable by manually compiling
GTK+ on Windows. I suppose this would require moderate to massive extra
manual effort but isn't that a working way at all?

I agree with Roger that "setup.exe"s which install / extract their
contents as tons of files at the customer's harddisks are not acceptable /
desirable in some situations. I would rather put some more effort in
building a completely static binary in a non-standard way, if it's
possible at all. Is it?