From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: mingw32 - noncygwin32 gcc - libwinserve.a 15 Oct 1997 16:43:01 -0700 Message-ID: <19971015122722.11288.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: paag AT tid DOT es Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 07:44:51 +0100 >From: "Pedro A. Aranda Guti\irrez" >To: Earnie Boyd >Cc: colin AT bird DOT fu DOT is DOT saga-u DOT ac DOT jp, J DOT J DOT vanderHeijden AT student DOT utwente DOT nl >Subject: Re: mingw32 - noncygwin32 gcc - libwinserve.a > ---snip--- > >Which bash are you using. The CYGWIN-bash, an MSDOS bash or a MINGW32 >versionof bash. If it is the latter, I'd like to know how you got it >compiled. It's been my main headache >for the last couple of months. I do refuse to install the cygwin.dll >monster in my PC. > As for BASH I'm currently using bash-2.01 that I compiled with the out-of-the-box version of cygwin.dll. As for compilation I chose the package rman-3.0.3a12 as it was small (1 module) in size. To get it to compile I had to remove the -D options from gcc and insert them into a header file that I then included in the source. I then issued the necessary build command from MSDOShell. I've also noted that the mingw32 version of gcc (I say that it is gcc because it doesn't matter which shell is used) removes all quotes from the command line. E.G.: The makefile from bash-2.01 has a command line definition of -DPROGRAM='"bash"'; when the compiler sees this it is trying to resolve the reference to bash as a variable not as a literal. As for the cygwin.dll, Cygnus Support and all involved have made a great contribution to the process of making programs portable. However, if there license prevents anyone from using it for whatever purpose desired, even compilers, I question whether I can totally support it. However, I have been given the use of it and will use it and have enjoyed using it and will help others use it. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - 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".