RFD: cygwin + *native* MinGW compiler

[Warren Young]

Charles Wilson wrote:
> Pursuant to a discussion on the libtool list, I'm trying to get a feel
> for how many cygwin users rely on the cygwin environment to drive the
> *native* MinGW gcc compiler.

I do half of what you're asking: use Cygwin's bash shell as an 
environment to drive mingw32-make on MinGW-specific Makefiles.  I posted 
here how I manage the PATH issues and such that you touch on:

	http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-05/msg00092.html

I do this only for MySQL++, a library I maintain, which targets MinGW 
among many other platforms.  I use the MinGW sub-environment described 
above only as long as I need to do some test or fix for MinGW, then pop 
back out into a normal Cygwin environment.

MySQL++ uses Bakefile to build the MinGW makefile, however, so I don't 
know how relevant my experience is to you.  Bakefile more or less 
replaces libtool and automake, allowing easier porting to non-POSIX 
platforms.  Thus, my use of Cygwin to drive the MinGW toolchain is 
limited to using bash as an alternative to the MinGW Prompt you get on 
installing MinGW.

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