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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 22:10:05 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: problem with cygwin version 1.3.4 cross compilation using gcc
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 12:45:25PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>
>===
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rahul" <rahul_cali_us@yahoo.com>
>To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>;
><cygwin@cygwin.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:47 AM
>Subject: RE: problem with cygwin version 1.3.4 cross compilation using
>gcc
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> <<<Install Cygwin on the second PC.>>>>>
>>
>>Thanks for responding.  I was of the opinion that once I have
>>binary/exe I just need cygwin1.dll.  This is what impression I get at
>>most of the cygwin website.  It sound very odd that for distributing a
>>software that we make using cygwin, we need to have complete cygwin set
>>up on client's machine.  Can we have some workaround to this ?
>
>Eric's more detailed answer address's this.  You don't need all the
>utilities and so forth that are available, but you *DO* need the path
>and mount table setup correctly.

You could just use the appropriate UNIX function, aka mount(), to mount
the cygwin root in a program.  You don't have to install a cygwin
distribution to manipulate the mount table.

cgf

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