Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 08:57:46 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: James Ponder <james AT squish DOT net>
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Subject: Re: compiling windows gui programs from linux
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, James Ponder wrote:

> I already have djgpp/allegro setup in cross-compilation mode.
> 
> I believe I can do this using mingw, but what does mingw do that djgpp
> doesn't?  Whatever it is you link with when using mingw (win32api?), why
> can't I link with that using djgpp?

The toolchain that comes with DJGPP (the compiler, the assembler, and the 
linker) don't support the Windows native executable format.  So you 
cannot generate programs that Windows will recognize as its native Win32 
executables.