there are many people who are experienced with windoze who think that it is easier to use cygwin instead of learning to use Linux. The truth is that you need a lot of Linux background knownledge to get started with cygwin, and you have to the additional burden to manage cygwin and it's limitations. Another downside is that you will hardly get any support from the mailing list if you run into a problem with cygwin.
If you want to do yourself a favour, either use an additional pc with Linux, or use a VM like Virtualbox to install Linux. -Erwin Am Freitag, den 20.03.2009, 03:31 +0000 schrieb Grant Edwards: > On 2009-03-19, David McCullough <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Jivin gowri sankar loganathan lays it down ... > >> > >> I trying to build uClinux for NEC V850 > >> > >> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 gowri sankar loganathan wrote : > >>>Hello uClinux developers, > >>> > >>> I am just starting with uClinux, is it possible to build the > >>> uClinux with cygwin. > >>> > >>>It will be helpful if get the info how to build the uClinux in > >>>cygwin. > > IMO, one oughtn't attempt something like that on Cygwin unless > one is experienced in both Cygwin and in accomplishing the task > under Linux. > > > Search through the archives for cygwin: > > > > http://marc.info/?l=uclinux-dev > > > > to see what works and what doesn't, find patches etc. > > > > I think the general consensus is that it's a poor substitute > > for building on a linux system and that you may be better off > > to run a linux dev system in a VM ;-) > > Cygwin is indeed a metaphorical dancing bear. > > I use it almost every day, and I really think it has helped > keep me from tossing windows machines out windows (especially > once I figured out how to get sshd working), but it has its > limits. > _______________________________________________ uClinux-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev This message was resent by [email protected] To unsubscribe see: http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev
