Re: [Fwd: Bug: Perl:IsWinNT undefined & RFE, only use "/" in reg values, not names..?]

[Brian dot Kelly at Empireblue dot com]

> Do all the win32 libraries have to have a special port to work on cygwin
> even though
> cygwin was supposed to aid in allowing posix type apps (like perl) to
> run under
> win either from the bash or cjmd.exe shell?

> Definitely the win32 lib is a step in the right direction...but why does
> cygwin need a special version?

Seems to me you answered your own question. The perl that's bundled with
Cygwin is *NOT*
an Active-State-*like* Win32 version of perl. It's really a *unix* built
version of perl that
-requires- Cygwin to even run on Windoze at all. That being the case,
Cygwin perl *thinks* its
running on unix - not Win32. Therefore, modules that expect direct,
non-POSIX access to the
Win32 subsystem are gonna need some help that wouldn't otherwise be
necessary with a true
Win32 build of Perl.

Brian Kelly





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