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Re: How to compile the cygwin dll's using a functional Cygwin system?
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Keith Christian <keithchristian at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:47:39 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: How to compile the cygwin dll's using a functional Cygwin system?
- References: <43D8FF57.7030105@yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Keith Christian wrote:
> I'm looking for the instructions (I've searched with Google etc.) about
> how to compile the Cygwin DLL's from source using non-Microsoft
> compilers, e.g. those included with a functional Cygwin system.
Did you try the FAQ?
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.programming.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin>
> Is this possible, or do the DLL's have to be built using either free or
> low cost Microsoft compilers?
You got it backwards. I don't think you *can* build Cygwin using
Microsoft's compilers, while it certainly builds using Cygwin tools.
It would be interesting to find out where you got the idea that Cygwin
needs a Microsoft compiler to build...
Igor
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