X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+iDJZ5i6rt1XrXFIp8xcJD Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:37:19 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Building for nocygwin Message-ID: <20120423153719.GB1133@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9CFD0 AT bespdc01 DOT mediaxim DOT local> <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9CFEF AT bespdc01 DOT mediaxim DOT local> <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9D004 AT bespdc01 DOT mediaxim DOT local> <20120423140440 DOT GG7097 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9D01E AT bespdc01 DOT mediaxim DOT local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9D01E@bespdc01.mediaxim.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 04:52:54PM +0200, Michel Bardiaux wrote: >> As Earnie wrote, now you should use the appropriate mingw32 or mingw64 cross compiler, >> both of which are available as part of the Cygwin distro. >> This *is* the general solution. > >I *get* that. My problem was, the web is so cluttered with pages mentioning the no-cygwin thing (including the cygwin FAQ!) that finding a good howto is nearly impossible. Lots of pages about running the mingw toolchain on mingw/msys, but at some point in the past I had installed cygwin *and* msys, and managing the path, the profile scripts, etc was a real pain, so never again. > >With the benefit of Csaba's hint, the basic recipe is now: > >1. Install mingw-gcc-core (which pulls other necessary packages) >2. i686-pc-mingw32-gcc -o jef.exe jef.c > >With that under my belt, I can start thinking about adding spices, herbs, truffles, and soy sauce :-) > >Is there a deep reason not to amend the FAQ? No, there is no reason not to change the FAQ. Could someone provide some appropriate words? cgf -- 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