Signing DLLs in sys-root/mingw/bin with SignPath?

[mlocati]

I'm publishing the gettext and iconv binaries for Windows (see here).

For the next release, I'm planning to sign the executables with SignPath.

As per their rules, I can only sign the binaries that I compile directly.

The problem is that, for the "shared builds" (that is, executables that rely on DLLs), I also distribute some of the DLLs available in Cygwin MinGW-w64's sys-root/mingw/bin directory.

What if MinGW-w64 signed those DLLs too?

[niXman]

why can't you build your DLLs using static build of MinGW-W64?

[mlocati]

I also offer static builds, but some people prefer shared ones - see https://mlocati.github.io/articles/gettext-iconv-windows.html