Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2

[waterlan <waterlan at xs4all dot nl>]

Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-16 01:03:
> On 2016-02-15 17:46, waterlan wrote:
> > Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2016-02-15 21:12:
> > > On 2016-02-15 13:41, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> > > > Why would anyone run DosBOX under Cygwin???
> > >
> > > 64-bit Windows versions do not have any compatibility layer for DOS
> > > programs.
> >
> > I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
> > POSIX layer here.
>
> You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or
> MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.

I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX. I would also 
not run Wine or VirtualBox under Cygwin. It only adds slowness.

Thanks for porting anyway. It demonstrates how mature Cygwin is.

best regards,

--
Erwin

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