From 78ff7e2cd68e35f95818a434a7f2a330e9fcd150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: otavepto <153766569+otavepto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 07:11:33 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] comment on why -static is used with MinGW build

---
 premake5.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index b049482f..2a57a05c 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -407,7 +407,10 @@ filter { "system:windows", "action:gmake*", }
     }
     -- source: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Cygwin-and-MinGW-Options.html
     linkoptions {
-        "-static-libgcc", "-static-libstdc++", "-static",
+        -- I don't know why but if libgcc/libstdc++ as well as pthreads are not statically linked
+        -- none of the output binary .dlls will reach their DllMain() in x64dbg
+        -- even when they're force-loaded in any process they immediately unload
+        "-static",
         -- from docs: "specifies that the typical Microsoft Windows predefined macros are to be set in the pre-processor,
         --             but does not influence the choice of runtime library/startup code"
         -- optional really