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Re: Does Cygwin's `-mno-cygwin' need Mingw?


On Thursday 19 Oct 00, Fergus Henderson writes:
> On 16-Oct-2000, Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:51:11AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > > >
> > > >The -mno-cygwin switch of the Cygwin product is not considered MinGW by
> > > >the MinGW development team.  MinGW has it's own set of GCC/binutils
> > > >tools.  We are currently in the process of preparing a more upto date
> > > >package.
> 
> OK, I have some follow-up questions:
> 
> 	- Is there much difference between the two?

I would also like some clarification about this, for the FAQ.  It
currently says:

Q:	How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?

A:	The -mno-cygwin flag to gcc makes gcc link against standard
	Microsoft DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is desirable for native
	Windows programs that don't need a UNIX emulation layer.

	This is not to be confused with 'MinGW' (Minimalist GNU for
	Windows), which is a completely separate effort. That
	project's home page is http://www.mingw.org/index.shtml.

On the other hand, I've read on this list that Cygwin contains
"mingw", and this is what you get with -mno-cygwin.  (Or rather, *a
version* of it, perhaps this is the distinction?)

If someone could contribute a useful, coherent entry, I would add it
to the FAQ.  I am blissfully ignorant of MinGW and -mno-cygwin.

Thanks,
David


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