From: kulaga AT rp3 DOT menatep DOT ru ("Andrey A. Kulaga") Subject: Re: Default compiler behaviour for b19 10 Sep 1997 08:43:19 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199709100551.JAA16249.cygnus.gnu-win32@rp3.menatep.ru> Original-To: awesley AT mail DOT acquerra DOT com DOT au Original-CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <340F5F13.1843@acquerra.com.au> (message from Anthony Wesley on Fri, 05 Sep 1997 11: 23:31 +1000) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com It's very important to me to have possibility produce native win32 binaries. It doesn't matter, whether this option will be default. I like GNU tools, but i want my code be portable between compilers. That's why l'm using Minimalist package by Colin Peters (thanks for them). -------------------- > Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 11:23:31 +1000 > From: Anthony Wesley > Reply-To: awesley AT mail DOT acquerra DOT com DOT au > > Perhaps I am misreading the comments on the gnuwin32 home page, but it > looks like Cygnus are proposing to have "gcc -o foo foo.c" generate > native win32 binaries by default and not link with cygwin.dll. To > compile UNIX-ish tools and link with the cygwin.dll library you will > have to supply an extra command line option. > > This seems silly to me, and the wrong way around. After all, gcc and all > the nice tools and development environment came from the UNIX land, so > surely generating UNIX-ish binaries should be the default, making > porting UNIX applications and tools the native mode, whereas generating > pure win32 binaries should be the "foreign" mode. > > It would be really strange to have "gcc -o foo foo.c" not work as > expected by people coming from the UNIX world. I realise that this > behavious could be covered up (eg have an environment variable to select > the mode, or put it in the gcc compiler-options file) but I believe that > it would still be the wrong attitude by Cygnus to do this. > > Just my AUS $0.0215 worth .. :-) > > Anthony > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".