X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:56:34 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin compiler and linker options Message-ID: <20080822165634.GB13620@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4126b3450808220352y12a25fddi444e3df3e1cb590a AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <002f01c90456$1f080e50$4001a8c0 AT mycomputer> <5E25AF06EFB9EA4A87C19BC98F5C8753014F88E0 AT core-email DOT int DOT ascribe DOT com> <20080822151916 DOT GB13113 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <48AEDC08 DOT 8020004 AT bmts DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48AEDC08.8020004@bmts.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:32:24AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> Phil is 100% correct here. It's heartening to see someone so thoroughly >> getting it after having to so frequently deal with the misconceptions >> about -mno-cygwin. Confusion about -mwindows is new though. >> I'm counting the days until -mno-cygwin disappears. It is a blight that >> must be expunged. I know that as soon as it is gone there will be a >> general wail from people who use it but it really should never have been >> implemented. > > As one of "those people" I wonder if it will still be possible to > generate executables that do not depend on cygwin DLLs using > cygwin's gcc? No, we're changing the laws of the universe to make this a physical impossibility. At your first attempt to generate a mingw cross compiler you will be shunted into an antimatter dimension where your atoms will explode in an unbelievable burst of energy. Sorry. cgf -- 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/