[Monotone-devel] Re: bundled libs

[Lapo Luchini]

Markus Schiltknecht wrote:
> > Windows will keep DLLs separate if they are in separate directories.
> > So putting the DLLs for mtn in the same directory as mtn.exe should be
> > enough.
> Sure, but that drives the concept of shared libraries ad absurbum. It's 
> probably safer and simpler to provide a single static binary, in that case.

OTOH it's the most safe way, and the one many others choose (or were 
FORCED TO choose) already.
Producing a static binary would need a recompile of dependencies, while 
including DLLs does not.
(I'm *not* advocating this is a good way os using DLLs, I'm just stating 
that many others thought it was the "best" one available)

> > The current Windows mtn binary installer does bundle DLLs.
> I didn't know. What DLLs does it need?

Just wildly guessing there, but judging from the current "external 
dependencies" of the CygWin release, I'd say gettext+iconv+zlib.

    Lapo