At 05:13 AM 3/26/2004, you wrote: >Larry Hall wrote: > >> >>>At 07:33 PM 3/25/2004, Tom Roche wrote: >>> >>>>While sounding out Cygwin users in my organization, I got the >>>>comment: >>> >>>>>If Cygwin would run under Wine, I'd be a very happy person, we >>>>>wouldn't need real Windows machines for builds, and we could >>>>>consign all our Windows build machines, their ITSC compliance, and >>>>>the continual stream of updates and security fixes to the deepest >>>>>pits of hell. > >Um, why an earth someone might run cygwin under wine? What's the catch? If I >understood correctly cygwin is meant to provide *nix things for windows environment. >(Including compilation tools, besides all others) So why an earth windows targeted >software run under cygwin? If software is meant to be crossplatform that's an another >story... > >>So are you saying that it's not a requirement that your build environment >>running under Wine be able to run smoke/unit/function tests but it would >>be for a cross-compiler environment would? Yikes! OK, maybe I misunderstood what >>you're saying with the above but if that's the case, it seems to me that the bigger >>concern should be "will the >>software built under Wine run under Wine"? Unless you know that's the case, >>you're putting the cart before the horse. And, as I type this, I have >>the strangest feeling of deja-vu, like this is exactly the same comment >>that was made the last time this subject came up. ;-) > >Well, it's pretty easy to write software that can be built under wine, but doesn't >run well or at all under wine. > >Another thing is issues that might arise under real windows environment that doesn't >exists under wine (like windows file locking, permissions and such.)
Precisely my point. But Tom has since clarified his need here. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
