On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Keith Christian wrote: > I'm looking for the instructions (I've searched with Google etc.) about > how to compile the Cygwin DLL's from source using non-Microsoft > compilers, e.g. those included with a functional Cygwin system.
Did you try the FAQ? <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.programming.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin> > Is this possible, or do the DLL's have to be built using either free or > low cost Microsoft compilers? You got it backwards. I don't think you *can* build Cygwin using Microsoft's compilers, while it certainly builds using Cygwin tools. It would be interesting to find out where you got the idea that Cygwin needs a Microsoft compiler to build... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- 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/
