From: madarasz AT erols DOT com (Alex P. Madarasz, Jr.) Subject: Re: Posix utils (was EGCS 1.0.2: weird include paths with gcc -b, specs, etc) 27 Aug 1998 09:06:45 -0700 Message-ID: <199808270151.VAA13374.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp3.erols.com> References: <199808231751 DOT KAA08434 AT coyote DOT rain DOT org> Reply-To: Alex Madarasz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Stephen L Arnold wrote on 23 Aug 98, 10:51 : > On 22 Aug 98, Paul Garceau had this to say about Re: EGCS 1.0.2: > weird include paths with gcc -b, : > > > Mine is an i86/NT4 and has had the Posix utilities added from > > the MS NT4 Workstation Resource Kit. > > > > This set of Posix utilities, if anyone would wish to re-build them, > > need to be built under NTFS. The pre-built binaries themselves > > function just fine in a FAT partition. > > Excuse my ignorance, but can these tools be built for win95/98? Not AFAIK. > Or is it another one of those NT only things? Yes. NT's "subsystem" model supports the POSIX subsystem as well as the more familiar Win32, WOW (Win16) and OS/2 (1.x?) subsystems. MS did as little work as possible to make their implementation of the POSIX subsystem compliant with POSIX .1, then had the ResKit utils hacked together as a poor substitute on the road to POSIX .2. They have since teamed with Softway to create OpenNT / Interix, which is a fleshed-out POSIX subsystem which is more recognizable to folks desiring something more like a "Unix" subsystem. -- Alex P. Madarasz, Jr. -- madarasz AT erols DOT com - 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".