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Re: host=Windows 2000, Cygwin; target=FreeBSD, gcc3 (was: WinNT => FreeBSD cross compiler (CygWin compiled): is that possible?)

Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote:

>>There's an i386 machine running Windows 2000 which is used for web develepoment.
>>Occasionally now there is need to compile the product for FreeBSD as well, to run
>>on a FreeBSD host, to which no shell access is available. 

Oops... I mean an internet host running FreeBSD here, not a gcc host platform.

> Please take a look at the Cygwin project. It will make your life much easier. I am 
> running the Cygwin on my Windows 2000 system and have compiled cross-gcc for it and
> use it to compile binaries for use on our PowerPC platform. http://www.cygwin.com
> It is like using a Linux shell on Windows... you can also run X-windows over Cygwin.

It seems I have not clearly mentioned that I _am_ running Cygwin, but as you say,
it is generally OK to have Cygwin as host, right?  If so, I will keep trying.
Thanks for your reply.

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