X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47A8B477.4030509@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:09:43 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin emulates an environment closest to ... References: <15296985 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <15296985.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com nobody wrote: > Cygwin emulates an environment closest to SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM's AIX, > DEC OSF (Digital UNIX), or IRIX ? Yes. ;-) > No this is not my homework. I need to know the closest archetype for a > makefile. Ouch. Well, pick your favorite then. Cygwin doesn't strive to emulate any of those really. From the first line of cygwin.com: Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. So unless you have an option for Linux, any of the above is probably just as good as another. But really, you're likely to find that you need to blaze your own path here. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/