Re: [Qemu-devel] MinGW build

[Stefan Weil]

Am 27.11.2014 um 22:38 schrieb Liviu Ionescu:
> 
> On 27 Nov 2014, at 23:14, Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Do you really need statically linked executables
> 
> actually I don't know, my experience with Windows is limited :-(
> 
> on OS X, if I distribute a folder containing an executable and a bunch of 
> dynamic libraries, the folder where the executable is located is the first 
> choice for searching the libraries, so I don't have to mess with library 
> versions in any system library folders.
> 
> on Windows I could not make this work. if this is possible, and you have a 
> procedure to create a setup that does a reasonable job without messing other 
> things, ok, I don't mind packing an executable and several dynamic libraries, 
> I'll use it too.

Windows dynamic libraries (DLL files) are also loaded from the
executable's directory if they exist there. You don't need a special
setup to make that work, it's the standard behaviour.

Regards
Stefan