From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan) Subject: Re: combining mingw32 + cygwin32 8 Jan 1998 16:43:29 -0800 Message-ID: <9801081739.AA06483.cygnus.gnu-win32@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu> References: <199801080337 DOT DAA55538 AT out4 DOT ibm DOT net> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com vischne AT ibm DOT net writes: > Look, the first version of mingw32 used cygwin32 gcc, make, and all its > binutils. What you did to run mingw32 was to switch spec files and > run a Dos batch file that changed the environment variables that pointed > to the include and library directories. That wasn't exactly automated, > but it wasn't a bad compromise. If you are pulling away from that level > of compatibility without providing another switchover mechanism, you aren't > helping. Are you having problems doing the same now? If so, please report it as a bug with additional information on what does not work. If that is not the case, then why can't you do the same now? It should be trivial to do, just takes time. If someone contributes instructions and the requisite script file to do so, I'll gladly include it in the distribution, but *I* have neither the time nor the incentive to do it. You could of course always put together a distribution better suited for combined targets and put that up for ftp so others can use that instead. > This directory hierarchy is also a useless appendage. It's much simpler > to set up a Unix file system on your C: drive, and do away with all that > H-i386-cygwin32 excrement. This is a Unix environment, and all the GNU > utilities expect Unix directories. So, why use the b18 directory structure, > that corresponds to nothing in the real world? I'm not sure I understand the point you're trying to make with "GNU utilities expect Unix directories". As for using H-i386-cygwin32, I believe Cygnus explains their decision to do so in their on-line docs. I don't particularly care either way, since I don't actually have to type it in. I do agree that if you have only *one* host/target combination on your machine, it's quite unneeded, although I will stop well short of calling it "excrement"; the same is not true however for those who deal with many different platforms on the same machine. You should take up the naming scheme issue with Geoffrey Noer; I just use Cygnus' scheme to maintain compatibility. Regards, Mumit -- khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/ - 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".