On 2/3/08, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NightStrike wrote: > > > Thanks :) I agree that mingw is a very hard platform to work with. > > My intent is to just get enough programs working to be able to > > configure and build the toolchain (binutils, gcc, and gdb). > > I don't see how you have any hope of doing that. The whole reason for > the creation of MSYS was to do exactly what you just said. If it were > possible to build coreutils (and bash, etc) without an emulation layer > like MSYS then it would never have been created.
The idea isn't all that far fetched. It also will expose a number of issues with our headers set (as it has already). Even if it can't be done in the end, it's a good exercise and learning experience. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
