X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "David Christensen" To: Cc: "'Bob Cowdery'" References: <4A85C9DB DOT 5010903 AT bobcowdery DOT plus DOT com> <4A86F623 DOT 3070204 AT bobcowdery DOT plus DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4A86F623.3070204@bobcowdery.plus.com> Subject: RE: Compiling problem Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:55:49 -0700 Message-ID: <00ee01ca1dda$04848470$0d8d8d50$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Bob Cowdery wrote: > My end game was to install Cython and compile up some Python stuff > which was written on Linux but needs to run on Windows. There are lots > of shell scripts involved and the complete system does not lend itself > to running native, hence the short-term need to run under Cygwin. As an alternative, how about installing virtual machine software on Windows, get/build a GNU/Linux virtual machine, and put your software on that? David -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple