gcc FAQ entries (was Re: [HEADSUP] Maintainers, please switch to Cygwin 1.7)

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Thu Feb 12 14:20:00 GMT 2009


Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> can you please have a look into the FAQ in the Cygwin sources, file
> faq-programming.xml?  The question "How do I compile a Win32 executable
> that doesn't use Cygwin?" needs a revamp for Cygwin 1.7 but I don't know
> the correct answer to this question.  At one point we will get a mingw
> cross compiler, right?  wrong?  Can you suggest a new answer for this
> FA question?
> 
> There's also the weird Q "How can I build a relocatable dll?"  Is that
> something we should keep in at all?  If so, I assume that the described
> way to do that is not exactly state of the art...

  I'll go through that stuff and look at rewriting it.  Get back to you in a
little while about it.

    cheers,
      DaveK



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