JTK wrote:
>
> Unless I'm seeing things, I finally got this mother to build, and it
> runs.
>
> Couple comments:
>
> 1. It appears to not build on the 9x series, only the NT series. That
> kinda sucks, especially since I don't have Why2K at home.
I have not done that lately, but last I heard others could still
build on that platform.
> 2. The requirement of command.com/cmd.exe has got to go. Even on NT we
> all know it's a disaster, and is probably the reason behind #1.
I've been building using the 4NT shell for a long time.
> 3. Someone still needs to explain to me why the 'wintools' are needed
> when the equivalent (== much better) Cygwin ones are already there.
Many items in wintools.zip are not in Cygwin.
> 4. Did I see a Win***16*** target in there?!?!? Lord.
> 5. Someone also needs to explain to me why I can't do a simple 'cvs
> update'. I know there's lots of branches and whatnot - gcc has the same
> issues and yet doesn't have these cvs problems.
People have mentioned branches. There is also the issue of cvs
modules. Are you suggesting that all parts not required to build
one particular target should be either pushed to branches or out
of the repository all together? We choose not to do that.
John.
