Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Path: news From: "Saracen" Subject: Re: cygwin and GnuPro X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: news@world.std.com (Mr Usenet Himself) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 00:45:19 GMT References: <19990504114555.6884.rocketmail@web601.yahoomail.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: world.std.com Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Lines: 70 To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Earnie Boyd wrote in message <19990504114555.6884.rocketmail@web601.yahoomail.com>... > >I don't know anything about GnuPro but the Cygwin product is wonderful. I use >it daily and it's becoming more robust. I see from the next sentence that >you're a Linux _user_, what exactly is your intended use? I develop simulation software and I require the speed of Linux, the comfortable development environment of UNIX (I'm not a GUI guy) and the cost-effectiveness of a standard PC platform. >Comes close but can't ever be exact. The MS File Systems prevent Cygwin from >being exactly like Linux. One of the first things you'll want to do is to move >the files to a more common directory tree. > How does this work? What is the root directory (C:\) ? >You'll need to create the import libraries so that they appear to be UNIX >static like libraries but you should be able to call those from cygwin but not >vice versa. What is an import library and what does it entail? Can I do all this from the gcc that is supplied with Cygwin? >I believe that you can with even a 30 day trial but license for the trial is >required. GnuPro is a commercial product, you will be required to buy a >license if you decide to use it. The GNU part, namely Cygwin will always be >free. >No. I think that it's typical. Maybe you should suggest what should be >changed. I'll come up with a list! Thanks for the links in your sig. I'll investigate them now. Furthermore, let me thank you for all the answers! Saracen > >=== >"Earnie Boyd" >CYGWIN RELATED HELP: > DOCUMENTATION: > DLLHELP: >ARCHIVE SEARCH: OR > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com