On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 04:52:54PM +0200, Michel Bardiaux wrote: >> 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?
No, there is no reason not to change the FAQ. Could someone provide some appropriate words? cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
