X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_53 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:18:54 +0200 From: "Vincent R." To: Nicholas Sherlock Cc: Subject: Re: -mnocygwin alternative In-Reply-To: References: <374ad4dddd698ea6f3b25ea0bc56151a@mail.smartmobili.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: forumer@smartmobili.com User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:56:06 +1200, Nicholas Sherlock wrote: > Vincent R. wrote: >> Back in old times it was possible to compile with no cygwin dependencies >> using something like -mno-cygwin. > > I hear that a proper cross-compiler is coming to replace -mno-cygwin. > >> Will it be possible to compile again with mingw-4.4 from cygwin console ? > > You can just install MinGW separately and add the MinGW folders to your > path. That's what I do in order to use MinGW's GCC with the Cygwin > toolset.. :). > Don't repeat ;-) it but I am quite confident in cygwin quality and it's not always the case with some mingw release and their msys (I am always getting nervous when I try it). With cygwin you click on setup.exe and it just works(and if it doesn't it's generally fixed the next day). -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple