Follow-up Comment #6, task #7253 (project administration): > ...provide a working URL.
Small error in the URL last time. Here is update. Not sure what happened to that previous message, which did not appear at the forum last time. http://cante.net/~jaalto/tmp/tmp/cygbuild-20070831.0814.tar.gz > You explained correctly the first time, but maybe I wasn't clear, so > I'll explain differently: > > At Savannah it's a problem to host programs that only work under > Woe/Cygwin. I ask you to make sure this can work under a free OS, such > as GNU/Linux. You answer me OK, but at the same time you say you never > tested it and have no experience with such a setup. So at first glance > you cannot make sure this can be used without Woe/Cygwin. Maybe you > actually rely on Woe or Cygwin itself, and don't know about it. Thank you for explaining. I think we're talking criss cross, but mean the same thing. Let me try picturing this issue better. I can guarantee that the application can run on Free OS (Hurd. GNU/Linux etc.), because it relies on GNU programs and only on other Free software (Perl). However the constraints are too severe considering the "testing" part you referred: - I have no access to such environment - the environment would require cross compiling setup [1] - Ccoss compiling is somethng I have no expertise on But I try to address the issue other way, which I hope is satisfactory. Other people have done that using other OS where they develop Cygwin related things (requires no Windows OS etc). See this document that explains it: "Cygwin/X Contributor's Guide" [1] Cross Compiling... So yes, I can be confident that what you asked, is reality, and being done by others. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?7253> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/
