On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:36, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes. I spent a few cents and a few hours wrestling with it. AFAICT your are
>>> hosed on 64bit Windows. I can't get flex built and Cygwin is behaving very
>>> oddly. There are indications that the problem could be fairly deep - see
>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cyg...@cygwin.com/msg102463.html>
>>
>> What Linda describes there is all normal behaviour for a 32 bit app on
>> 64 bit Windows. Windows is providing a virtual 32 bit environment,
>> where for the most part the 32 bit app doesn't realise it's running on
>> 64 bit. Unfortunately there are always things that look a bit odd due
>> to this, but normally I've found that the 32bit code runs fine, it
>> just looks odd from Explorer or 64 bit apps because of the
>> folder/registry redirection that happens behind the scenes.
>
> Yeah, none of that should have an effect on a tool like "flex", though...

Thats my point.

>> The other possible option that I hesitate to suggest is Windows
>> Services for Unix or SUA as I think it's now called.
>
> You mean we should post flex to that? Or have you found someone who has 
> already?

No idea if someone has done it already. I'm just throwing it out there
as an idea possibly worthy of further investigation.


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