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Vsevolod: Cygwin is ok. It wouldn't be my first choice (it's slower than running the tools natively on, say, a Linux or BSD box), but it gets the job done for everything I've used it for--- including building and using crosscompilers. b.g. On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:00:38PM +0400, Vsevolod Buzinov wrote: > Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: > > >>There's an i386 machine running Windows 2000 which is used for web develepoment. > >>Occasionally now there is need to compile the product for FreeBSD as well, to run > >>on a FreeBSD host, to which no shell access is available. > > Oops... I mean an internet host running FreeBSD here, not a gcc host platform. > > > Please take a look at the Cygwin project. It will make your life much easier. I am > > running the Cygwin on my Windows 2000 system and have compiled cross-gcc for it and > > use it to compile binaries for use on our PowerPC platform. http://www.cygwin.com > > It is like using a Linux shell on Windows... you can also run X-windows over Cygwin. > > It seems I have not clearly mentioned that I _am_ running Cygwin, but as you say, > it is generally OK to have Cygwin as host, right? If so, I will keep trying. > Thanks for your reply. > > ------ > Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ > Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com > -- Bill Gatliff bgat@billgatliff.com ------ Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com
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