Re: Building Win32 apps on Linux? (To Cygwin users on the list...)

[Toralf Lund <toralf at procaptura dot com>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 06:52:15PM +0200, Toralf Lund wrote:
>  
>
> > Brian Dessent wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Toralf Lund wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > All I was trying to say
> > > > was that I'd be surprised if a large proportion of your user base
> > > > wouldn't want a full cross building setup, if you chose to include it.
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Most Cygwin users are using Cygwin precisely because they (for whatever
> > > reason) have a Windows machine and not a *nix machine, but they still
> > > desire to run *nix-like software on their machine.  A linux-hosted
> > > Cygwin cross compiler would be of no use to these people.
> > >
> > >      
> > I guess I've just bought Red Hat's story on this, i.e. (from 
> > http://www.redhat.com/software/cygwin/):
> >    
>
> The Cygwin web site is http://cygwin.com/
>
>  
>
> >      Why Use Cygwin?
> >
> >  One of the largest problems developers face today is supporting
> >  their applications on disparate platforms. Windows workstations
> >  continue to be added to an environment already populated by Linux
> >  and other UNIX-based Operating Systems. Using Cygwin, developers can
> >  manage heterogeneous environments in a consistent, efficient way.
> >  Cygwin brings a standard UNIX/Linux shell environment, including
> >  many of its most useful commands to the Windows platform, so IT
> >  managers can effectively deploy trained staff, and leverage existing
> >  investments in UNIX/Linux source code and shell scripts.
> >
> > But if you say that Cygwin isn't commonly used like that, I guess I'll 
> > have to take your word for it, since I don't really know a lot about the 
> > product or its user base.
> >    
>
> You might notice the lack of the word "cross" above.  The above
> describes what I said Cygwin was used for.  It provides an environment
> *for windows*.  It is not a cross compilation environment *for linux*.
>  
Please try to read and understand what I actually say, instead of 
responding in this heated manner based on your own notions about what 
people like me might mean.

I never said that I thought Cygwin was a cross compiler, or that cross 
compilation is or should be it's main purpose. I asked at one point if 
the cross compilation setup used to build the Cygwin binaries was or 
could be included in some form, but that's different.

All I've said is that *a cross compiler might be useful to Cygwin 
users*. But in fact, the above quote from Red Hat was included as I was 
saying that I could be wrong, as a way of explaining how I reached my 
original conclusion. That will become amazingly clear if you read it in 
context.

- Toralf



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