X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:37:52 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: FLTK versions in Cygwin [was: Re: units: update, FHS compliance] Message-ID: <20100126143752.GA4735@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <657633.34813.qm@web25501.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <4B5B16A5.4080104@go4more.de> <4B5BAEC3.1050507@users.sourceforge.net> <4B5C60A0.4050106@go4more.de> <4B5C9702.3060908@users.sourceforge.net> <4B5CDF1E.2010107@go4more.de> <4B5CF76F.5070308@users.sourceforge.net> <4B5D7921.6060004@go4more.de> <4B5DE824.6030802@users.sourceforge.net> <4B5E6178.40709@cwilson.fastmail.fm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B5E6178.40709@cwilson.fastmail.fm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:28:56PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: >Meh. Unlike linux, there is a significant portion of the cygwin user >base that treats cygwin simply as a "build environment" -- but use a >compiler for native win32 $hosts. > >I don't much like it, but that's reality. (...why did Cygnus fund the >early development, in the first place? To have a windows-hosted build >environment for xxx-target compilers: in this case, xxx = native-win32) Cygnus funded the work to provide windows *hosted* cross compilers for other architectures. Targetting *native* targeted win32 did not come until a couple into the life of the project. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple