=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:35 PM Subject: mysql server out of the list
> Looks like the MySQL server is not doable due to the way Cygwin threads > are implemented, according to the authors.. Only 3 packages then. > - Stephan > > > > Kaj Arn� writes: > > Stephan, > > > > As opposed to a number of other products with a Unix background, MySQL > > already works well under Windows without any cygwin. Interfacing MySQL > > with cygwin is thus not needed; performance would deteriorate, and a port > > would likely incur problems with threads. > > > > However, the mysql command line interface could be ported to cygwin; it > > might even be that this has already been done. > > > > Regards, > > > > Kaj > > > > Few additional comments to Kaj's excellent message. > > Kaj is right on all accounts. And yes, our client has been ported with > Cygwin, and is a part of every Win32 distro, under the name of > mysqlc.exe. Which, last I heard, still doesn't include the cygwin source, and is in fact a GPL violation (see the thread I started on the win32-mysql list). > Regarding a server, as CygWin does not support properly threads on > Win32, it is not doable. This is not important, as VC++, which we use > for building MySQL for Win32, still makes 10% faster code then latest > CygWin. I'm the Cygwin pthreads maintainer, can you specify what you mean by 'does not support properly threads on win32' ? Rob
