Can I link MSVCRT statically with mingw?

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+1 Q:

Can I link MSVCRT statically with mingw?

I have C program I compile with mingw on Windows. It works fine but requires MSVCRT.DLL. I want to link that statically (like I can do in Visual Studio). Is this possible?

I tried -static flag to gcc and it didn't make any change.

What about C++ program using also standard C++ library?

+1 A:

I believe that MinGW doesn't use the static runtime library for copyright reasons.

You can maybe try to use newlib (http://sourceware.org/newlib/) to create an executable that doesn't link to msvcrt.dll

Michael Burr 2010-10-15 18:26:55

+1 for copyright avoidance. That is a clever side effect of it already being on every Windows system. Programs built with MinGW require it, but never have to distribute it. Hence, no copyright issues.

RBerteig 2010-10-15 18:33:20

Even if i Not use any std C functions in code it requires MSVCRT I think for CRT startup/cleanup codes that run before/after main. newlib provides that also?

zaharpopov 2010-10-16 06:48:33