On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > one thing at a time. > > > hce wrote: > > > > I am new to cygwin. I've just installed cygwin for building my C++ > > I see Cygwin as an emulator. Your program will see Linux but not > Windows. But you still can call Windows directly. > > > > and the C++ program was built using macro #ifdef WIN32 for the code of > > select(), read() and write() system calls. My understand is that I can > > use all linux system calls under cygwin, should I remove all #ifdef > > WIN32 in the program and compile with a parameter -unix rather than > > win32? > > Do not delete those things. Never ever even think of deleting them. > > > > > The major issue is the QT package. In linux, I installed a QT package > > for linux and called the QT gmake to generate a Makefile. On window > > the QT was installed for window and compiled under window environment. > > I have got errors when using window QT to generate Makefile under > > cygwin. How should I use the QT under cygwin? Should I download a unix > > version QT and build the QT using unix macro under cygwin, or should I > > still using window QT under cygwin? > > > You must install QT inside Cygwin if you want to make full use of it.
All right, I am going to install the QT inside Cygwin. Now, there are two QT packages, one for Window and one for Linux. Should I download one for Linux and build it for linux under Cygwin? Should I also to call QT gmake with "-unix -o" to generate Makefile, the same parameters I was calling from linux? > I have no idea if this will work. > > In theory you should be able to use the Windows version. This will make > your program even more weird as it itself will behave like a Linux > program but the libraries are then a mix of Windows and Linux. > > Try to stick either with Cygwin or move to Windows. I have to stick with Cygwin as the Windows does not support select() for file system, nor does the minGW. Try to learn Cygwin program environment as much as possible :-). Thanks Erich. Jim -- 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/