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To: "David Carter" <david AT carter DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Up-to-date info on '-mno-cygwin' vs. Mingw32
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From: Jesper Eskilson <jojo AT virtutech DOT se>
Organization: Virtutech AB
Date: 31 Aug 2001 16:34:43 +0200
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"David Carter" <david AT carter DOT net> writes:

> While you could use the mingw compiler & linker with cygwin, as
> recommended by some on the web, by placing them ahead of the cygwin
> tools in your path, you are almost certain to run into issues with
> dos/windows file paths vs. unix-style paths.

Since our build-environment is already adapted to use other non-cygwin
compilers (such as Visual C++ and Intel C), this is not a real
problem. We wrap all non-cygwin programs in a script which does all
the conversions for us.

/Jesper
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Jesper Eskilson                                         jojo AT virtutech DOT se
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