[Mingw-cross-env-list] Compiling own libs with mingw-cross-env

[David Bruce]

Hi Volker,

This year we have had a GSoC project to move the informally shared
code in tuxmath and tuxtype into an actual library, t4kcommon.  On
linux, we just build and install t4kcommon with autotools (or cmake)
and it works fine as a shared library.  I need some guidance on how to
crossbuild t4kcommon + tuxmath with mingw-cross-env.

I take it I need to write a "t4kcommon.mk" file like those under
mingw-cross-env's src, then run "make t4kcommon" in mingw-cross-env.
Then, I should be able to build tuxmath with mingw-cross-env as
previously, right?

Also, if both tuxmath and t4kcommon have some of the same libraries
listed in configure.ac, will I run into problems when we try to link
everything statically into one big executable? (that is, will the
libraries get linked in twice, leading to either a bloated executable
or errors?)

Thanks for any help,

David Bruce