Robert Metcalf wrote:
> Is this possible?
Yes.
Beware that it may not be legal to do so, due to MySQL++'s license. The
distributed MySQL++ build system only creates dynamic libraries.
If the viral aspects of the LGPL aren't a problem for you, the easiest
way to get a static build of MySQL++ is to replace the <dll> tags in
mysql++.bkl with <lib> tags, then run "bakefile_gen -f mingw" in the the
MySQL++ top-level directory. You need to have Bakefile installed.
> I guessed that linking against libmysqlpp.a would result in a .exe that
> dosn't require the .dll to work.
No, the .a file is called an import library. It is a very small file,
containing only enough information to tell the MinGW version of ld how
to set up linkage for the MySQL++ DLL. If you build MySQL++ statically,
you also get a libmysqlpp.a, but it will be much bigger, since it now
has the MySQL++ code within it.
A few years ago they made MinGW's ld smart enough that it could link
directly to a DLL, not needing a separate import library. The whole
import library thing is therefore no longer strictly required, but it's
still helpful as it lets you use standard POSIX style build scripts.
