Re: static linking on mingw/msys

[Michael Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 21:10 +0200, Martin Schmeisser wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> i tried to compile a rather simple Gtkmm app with static linking for Windows
> platforms (compiling on a win box too). I used Mingw/Msys and the
> gtkmm-devel and gtk-devel installers from the net.
> I can compile my app with dynamic linking without any errors :

Gtk+ cannot be statically linked on Windows.

> $ g++ polarizer.cpp -o polarizer `pkg-config --libs --cflags gtkmm-2.4plotmm`
> $
>
> but when i add the -static option i get tons of undefined Symbols from the
> linker. Do i have to install something special to be able to link gtk
> statically? I have seen people on the net using --disable-dynamic
> --enable-static then building gtk...do i have to do that?
>
> thanks for any help, martin
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