On 31 Aug 2001 at 8:50, the Illustrious Jesper Eskilson wrote:
>
> "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The difference is in the build environment, not the result.
>
> According to the FAQ, support for the -mno-cygwin flag "has been weak
> and flaky, [...] and maintenance of the option has *not* been a priority
> in development",
This is clearly wrong. What might be more accurate is that very few people
involved with
Cygwin have much desire to support -mno-cygwin switch useage, even though many people
use
the -mno-cygwin switch.
Also, will someone correct me if I am wrong? If I remember correctly, the
Cygwin
repository is updated fairly regularly with the latest Mingw release, specifically to
facilitate the -
mno-cygwin switch.
> and the FAQ recommends that one uses a separate MingW
> compiler set. Is this accurate?
It is recommended that use Mingw as a standalone tool because of the nature of
Mingw
(see http://www.mingw.org for more on this) being created as a "native" windows
development
tool. If you don't know what a "native" windows development tool is then you may want
to find out
_before_ you start using -mno-cygwin under Cygwin.
If you're not concerned about "native" windows development, then Cygwin is
(without the -
mno-cygwin switch), far and away, the best choice when it comes to general porting of
formerly
Unix or Linux source code to be built within a Windows (Win32api not withstanding)
Environment.
Cygwin is also extremely friendly to former or current Unix developers (thus
the reason
why some say, with good reason I might add, that Cygwin is a "rich development
environment").
As to a separate MingW compiler set, there is no such thing. The latest
release of Mingw
includes gcc-2.95.3 as one of its' compilers.
Paul G.
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