> As Earnie wrote, now you should use the appropriate mingw32 or mingw64 cross > compiler, > both of which are available as part of the Cygwin distro. > This *is* the general solution.
I *get* that. My problem was, the web is so cluttered with pages mentioning the no-cygwin thing (including the cygwin FAQ!) that finding a good howto is nearly impossible. Lots of pages about running the mingw toolchain on mingw/msys, but at some point in the past I had installed cygwin *and* msys, and managing the path, the profile scripts, etc was a real pain, so never again. With the benefit of Csaba's hint, the basic recipe is now: 1. Install mingw-gcc-core (which pulls other necessary packages) 2. i686-pc-mingw32-gcc -o jef.exe jef.c With that under my belt, I can start thinking about adding spices, herbs, truffles, and soy sauce :-) Is there a deep reason not to amend the FAQ?
