Re[3]: Compiling for Windows [Was: argv revisited]

["Andrew Robinson" <arobinson18 cox net>]

Actually, MXE isn't a compiler, but a Makefile that compiles a cross compiler.

So if I don't want to make my on copy of the GTK+ libraries, I must tell
grandma and grandpa to get their own copy of MSYS2 and MXE, and provide make
their own copy of GTK+ for Win32. Wouldn't that be easy and fun?

On 5/5/2016 at 1:04 AM, Lucas Levrel <llevrel yahoo fr> wrote:
> Le 3 mai 2016, Andrew Robinson a écrit :
>
> > > > Is it really necessary for every Windows application bundle to ship its
> > > > own copy of GTK+?
> >
> > > By default MXE links statically. So you don't have any dll to bundle with
> > > your app. In such circumstances, what does LGPL say? Do you still have to
> > > provide the GTK source code (given that you don't distribute GTK libs)?
> >
> > Well I can't ship MSYS2 and MXE with my application, and I most certainly
> > can't sell any application to grandma and grandpa, if it requires
instructions
> > on how to install MSYS2 and MXE just so you can run my application.
>
> I really don't understand why you say this. As its name says, MXE is a 
> compiling environment. Would you ship your assembler with your executable?
>
>
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> Lucas Levrel
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