On Sat, 28 May 2011 22:34:34 +0200 Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll <juanjose.garciarip...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> What happens is that cygwin is faking "fork()". Windows does not have it, so > what Cygwin does is to reload the whole executable file and all shared > libraries and copy the memory content to fake a "duplicate" of the original > executable image. The problem is that when loading the executable file and > the shared libraries, they have to end up at the same positions, but cygwin > fails to do it properly and thus the copy that is produced cannot function. When reading this I was wondering: would a mingw port be easier, using winapi (it is simpler, more efficient with less wrapping)? Or does the cygwin port already make use of the cygwin-mingw cross-compiler? Also, is fork() in this case only used to execute the compiler? Thanks, -- Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Ecls-list mailing list Ecls-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ecls-list
