Twisted 1.0.4

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> (EMF) wrote:

EMF> Andrew Bennetts wrote:
>> Using gcc doesn't require you to link against anything, let alone
>> LGPLed
>> libraries -- although of course that is the most common situation;
>> most
>> systems using gcc will also be using glibc.  But the libraries linked
>> against
>> are a seperate issue to the point I was making about gcc; using gcc
>> doesn't
>> necessitate using LGPLed libraries, ...

EMF> While that's in some sense technically true, any use of gcc to build an
EMF> application -- that is, actually create an application rather than
EMF> simply compile to object code via the -c option -- _will_ silently link
EMF> in those pesky LGPL libraries like libc or libg++.

That depends on the platform. For example Mingw, which also is gcc, links
to the Microsoft libraries rather than glibc, AFAIK.
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