Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: From: Heribert Dahms To: "'Pavel Tsekov'" , "Albert L. Wagner" Cc: Cygwin Subject: RE: newbie problem Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:44:17 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Hi Pavel, severe typo! Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com) > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavel Tsekov [SMTP:ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 09:44 > To: Albert L. Wagner > Cc: Cygwin > Subject: Re: newbie problem > > Wait a moment - are you using the mingw environment > to build the Berekley DB ? This would possibly explain > your previous post - configure couldn't find "select". > > mingw is a posix emulation layer - i.e. it provides [Heribert] ^ cygwin > posix C library interface and system calls ontop the > Win32 environment, while mingw is a compiler toolchain > based on gnu tools ported to windows. > [Heribert] [snip] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/