Compile cygwin with MSVC++6.0 under Win2000 ?

Robert Collins robert.collins@itdomain.com.au
Mon Oct 22 05:08:00 GMT 2001


1) On the www.cygwin.com webpage it states what platforms Cygwin's
binaries are usable with.
2) Cygwin cannot be built with MSVC, only with GCC.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Bernögger [ mailto:sbernoeg@vexcel.co.at ]
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:01 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Compile cygwin with MSVC++6.0 under Win2000 ?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded the complete cygwin package using setup.exe to a
> Windows 2000 computer and wanted to compile the sources with
> MSVC++6.0 on a Win2000 computer, but somehow it is not working.
> 
> Are there any guidelines how to do that (global make of all the
> packages) and in what order the different tools have to be compiled ?
> 
> Or are the delivered binaries usable for Win2000?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Stefan
> 
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