Re: [Mingw-users] Re: [gimpwin-dev] glib under mingw32 debian cross compiler, problem with windres : gmodule-win32res.lo: file not recognized: File format not recognized

[James Michael DuPont <mdupont777 yahoo com>]

--- Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:34:58PM -0700, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> >
> >--- Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:03:28PM +0200, Christof Petig wrote:
> >> >[Summary: Cygwin is good to compile programs on win32 with
> minimal 
> >> >porting effort, but a stable port should use MinGW]
> >> 
> >> Summary: If you want to ignore all of the work that has gone into
> >> -mno-cygwin to make it work reliably, then use MinGW.
> >
> >I have a great deal of respect for cygwin, and use it every day at
> >work.  The amount of packages for it great.
> >
> >For me, the only reason why I am using mingw, is because it is
> hosted
> >under linux.  Like many of you, I dont have windows at home, and
> would
> >never fork out the cash for a legal copy of the MSVC compilier.
> 
> I don't know what "hosted under Linux" means but there is nothing
> special
> about mingw.  Both cygwin and mingw can be cross built on linux. 
> Cygwin
> started its life being built only on UNIX and current releases are
> all
> built on linux.

There are also cygwin packages for debian.

> 
> I don't mind people being excited about MinGW but it doesn't have to
> be
> at the expense of Cygwin.  A "stable port" of a windows-only
> application
> could easily be maintained with Cygwin's gcc.  Implying that cygwin
> produces unstable code is not necessary.

Fine,when I get my set of packages ready for compilation by anyone,
Then we can use APT to fetch them to cygwin and compile them.

The packages have to get cleaned, the documentation and support from
the SDL guys is great, debian as well. I would have used cygwin if I
had found that first.

> 
> I understand and respect that there are good reasons to use MinGW but
> promoting urban myths about cygwin is not a good way to promote the
> project.

As I said, I use cygwin all the time. When I get stable builds in
mingw32 under debian, then I will try them under windows. Then into
cygwin. 

We will meet in the middle.

mike

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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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