Posix utils (was EGCS 1.0.2: weird include paths with gcc -b, specs, etc)
Alex P. Madarasz, Jr.
madarasz@erols.com
Thu Aug 27 01:42:00 GMT 1998
Stephen L Arnold wrote on 23 Aug 98, 10:51 :
> On 22 Aug 98, Paul Garceau had this to say about Re: EGCS 1.0.2:
> weird include paths with gcc -b, :
>
> > Mine is an i86/NT4 and has had the Posix utilities added from
> > the MS NT4 Workstation Resource Kit.
> >
> > This set of Posix utilities, if anyone would wish to re-build them,
> > need to be built under NTFS. The pre-built binaries themselves
> > function just fine in a FAT partition.
>
> Excuse my ignorance, but can these tools be built for win95/98?
Not AFAIK.
> Or is it another one of those NT only things?
Yes.
NT's "subsystem" model supports the POSIX subsystem as well as the more
familiar Win32, WOW (Win16) and OS/2 (1.x?) subsystems.
MS did as little work as possible to make their implementation of the POSIX
subsystem compliant with POSIX .1, then had the ResKit utils hacked together as
a poor substitute on the road to POSIX .2. They have since teamed with Softway
to create OpenNT / Interix, which is a fleshed-out POSIX subsystem which is
more recognizable to folks desiring something more like a "Unix" subsystem.
--
Alex P. Madarasz, Jr. -- madarasz@erols.com
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