X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45A6FFA8.3010306@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:25:28 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Building applications from source to support cygwin References: <01dc01c735f7$9ae74330$a501a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> In-Reply-To: <01dc01c735f7$9ae74330$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Dave Korn wrote: > On 12 January 2007 03:06, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 07:48:02PM -0500, Sparky Sparky wrote: >>>> I know this is a newbie question, but I can't find it in the >>>> documentation. How (if?) do you compile a standard x86 source to >>>> support cygwin? >>> How would you build the application on linux? Same way, i.e., something >>> like: >>> >>> gcc -o foo foo.c >> >> Wrong! You type "make". >> >> Phsh, newbies. ;-) >> > > Wrong! You type "./configure", then you type "make". > > Phsh, oldbies! > > [ hmm.. autoconf.. automake... aclocal... we could probably take this back > waay too far :) ] LOL! Sorry for extending the thread but I figured since I diverted it, I should probably also make sure the diversion ends here before it gets too silly. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/