weird feature

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Vincent R. wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:38:10 +0200, "Vincent R." <forumer@smartmobili.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:18 +0200, "Vincent R."
> <forumer@smartmobili.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know that my question could be a bit astonishing but I am not afraid
> to
>>> ask it ;-)
>>> I am trying to compile a software for symbian platform and originally
>> they
>>> have released a SDK on windows 
>>> linked with mingw and where you use a DOS terminal to compile.
>>> They have designed some build system mixing mingw/perl/dos command
> (yuk!)
>>> but I don't want to follow their logic
>>> and I wouldn't like to install mingw (last time I tried I had so many
>>> issues I don't want to try again).
>>>
>>> So my question is would it be possible for cygwin to understand path
> like
>>> that :
>>>
>>> /myfolder/foo instead of /cygdrive/c/myfolder/foo
>>>
>>> What I mean is it seems that their toolchain is considering /... as
>>> DRIVELETTER_WHERE_ITS_INSTALLED/...
>>>
>>> Would it be possible I don't know by declaring a env var to allow that
>> kind
>>> of behavior ?
>>>
>>> So we would be able to go to 'unix' folder (cd /usr) and to real windows
>>> folders (cd /Windows). 
>>>
>> Hum think there are mount options where I could find some happiness. Need
>> to read doc.
> 
> Actually my question is more about interoperability bewteen mingw and
> cygwin.
> For instance here is the working command line I am using :
> 
> arm-none-symbianelf-gcc -o conftest ...
> c:/gynoid/sdks/symbian/Nokia_N97_SDK_v0.5/epoc32/release/armv5/urel/eexe.lib
> 
> If I replace c:/gynoid by /c/gynoid or even by /cygdrive/c/gynoid it
> doesn't work because I suppose toolchain only
> understand windows path c:/... :
> 
> arm-none-symbianelf-gcc -o conftest ...
> /c/gynoid/sdks/symbian/Nokia_N97_SDK_v0.5/epoc32/release/armv5/urel/eexe.lib
> arm-none-symbianelf-gcc.exe:
> /c/cygdrive/gynoid/sdks/symbian/Nokia_N97_SDK_v0.5/epoc32/release/armv5/urel/eexe.lib:
> No such file or directory
> 
> arm-none-symbianelf-gcc -o conftest ...
> /cygdrive/c/gynoid/sdks/symbian/Nokia_N97_SDK_v0.5/epoc32/release/armv5/urel/eexe.lib
> arm-none-symbianelf-gcc.exe:
> /cygdrive/c/gynoid/sdks/symbian/Nokia_N97_SDK_v0.5/epoc32/release/armv5/urel/eexe.lib:
> No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Is it possible to make this toolchain works with cygwin path style ?

Not without compiling it with Cygwin, no.  You do have alternatives:

   1. Install Cygwin to your C: drive rather than C:\cygwin (or, if  you
      know what you're doing, use 'mount' to manually achieve the same
      goal with your current installation).

   2. Use 'cygpath' to convert from DOS to Cygwin path forms and back as
      needed.  This can get tricky/cumbersome in some cases.

   3. Use c:/ syntax.

The last option is not guaranteed to work but may be the easiest to
manage in the short-run.  The first option (or some variant) is probably
your best/most stable bet overall.

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