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

[Christopher Faylor]

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*.

Even the ancient words on the Red Hat site agree that the purpose of
Cygwin is to provide a Windows-hosted UNIX/Linux environment.  That
seems amazingly clear.

Although I don't work for Red Hat, I do know that when you purchase
Cygwin from Red Hat, you don't automatically get a linux cross-compiler.
You just get a distribution similar (if not identical) to what is
available at http://cygwin.com/ .

cgf

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