On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:56:06 +1200, Nicholas Sherlock <n.sherl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Vincent R. wrote: >> Back in old times it was possible to compile with no cygwin dependencies >> using something like -mno-cygwin. > > I hear that a proper cross-compiler is coming to replace -mno-cygwin. > >> Will it be possible to compile again with mingw-4.4 from cygwin console ? > > You can just install MinGW separately and add the MinGW folders to your > path. That's what I do in order to use MinGW's GCC with the Cygwin > toolset.. :). > Don't repeat ;-) it but I am quite confident in cygwin quality and it's not always the case with some mingw release and their msys (I am always getting nervous when I try it). With cygwin you click on setup.exe and it just works(and if it doesn't it's generally fixed the next day).
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