X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: Building for nocygwin Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:52:54 +0200 Message-ID: <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9D01E@bespdc01.mediaxim.local> In-Reply-To: <20120423140440.GG7097@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9CFD0@bespdc01.mediaxim.local> <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9CFEF@bespdc01.mediaxim.local> <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9D004@bespdc01.mediaxim.local> <20120423140440.GG7097@calimero.vinschen.de> From: "Michel Bardiaux" To: X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id q3NErcAj023970 > As Earnie wrote, now you should use the appropriate mingw32 or mingw64 cross compiler, > both of which are available as part of the Cygwin distro. > This *is* the general solution. I *get* that. My problem was, the web is so cluttered with pages mentioning the no-cygwin thing (including the cygwin FAQ!) that finding a good howto is nearly impossible. Lots of pages about running the mingw toolchain on mingw/msys, but at some point in the past I had installed cygwin *and* msys, and managing the path, the profile scripts, etc was a real pain, so never again. With the benefit of Csaba's hint, the basic recipe is now: 1. Install mingw-gcc-core (which pulls other necessary packages) 2. i686-pc-mingw32-gcc -o jef.exe jef.c With that under my belt, I can start thinking about adding spices, herbs, truffles, and soy sauce :-) Is there a deep reason not to amend the FAQ?