msys-2.0.dll is renamed and patched cygwin1.dll.
2013/9/2 Baruch Burstein
> What is this msys-2.0.dll? What functions does it supply? How is this
> different than cygwin's infamous dll?
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> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Ray Donnelly wrote:
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>> MSYS2 is basically Cygwin without the posix-pur
What is this msys-2.0.dll? What functions does it supply? How is this
different than cygwin's infamous dll?
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Ray Donnelly wrote:
> MSYS2 is basically Cygwin without the posix-purity stuff going and
> instead a laser sharp focus on interoperability between MSYS2 too
MSYS2 is basically Cygwin without the posix-purity stuff going and
instead a laser sharp focus on interoperability between MSYS2 tools
and Windows tools. It is "still Windows" but it uses it's own GCC that
links to (and creates software that links to) msys-2.0.dll that
provides a more posix-like se
If I understand your answer correctly, MSYS(2) is basically just "Windows
with POSIX tools, directory layout and paths", but it is still Windows. If
so, hen why does it need it's own toolchain, and what are "MSYS binaries"?
Wouldn't a regular Windows toolchain with Windows binaries be the same?
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