[Winpcap-users] static WinPcap on mingw

[Loris Degioanni]

1. The easiest way to statically link the winpcap functions, as far as I 
know, is to take the sources and change the project to generate a static 
library instead of a dll. If you don't need windows-specific functions, 
the libpcap subtree (if I remember well) already produces a static 
library that you can use.

2. Statically linking wpcap by itself is not a great use: you'll still 
need packet.dll (statically linking it is much harder, because there's a 
different packet.dll for every Windows OS family) and the driver (that 
need to be loaded in the OS before your application runs).

Loris


root wrote:
> hi folks, i'm in the process of releasing some code to the public that
> uses the winpcap library. i'm reaching for the goal of the .exe not
> requiring wpcap.dll at runtime. i've tried editing my project makefile
> to use the -static parameter, but it seems to have no effect, objdump
> still shows an import table for wpcap.dll
> 
> I figure if worse comes to worse i'll download wpcap.dll sourcecode and
> compile it static into my application, but this is sort of a last
> resort as it seems as if it would be some work. also, if i did this
> i'd still be short of an ndis wrapper on the clients hardware and
> possibly packet code. Any input is appreciated.
> 
> --Mike Andrews
> http://xzziroz.net
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