From: cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: compile ncurses "hello world" to run independent of cygwin?
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:48:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56375B94.4060107@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPbcu1PQOi4xTTHpbvc1UV_zoj5wpL=E_nRsPV=xQ0p6OLL1XQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 11/1/2015 11:09 PM, Darik Horn wrote:
>
> Unless there is a specific reason to cross through Cygwin, it could be
> easier to use the native MinGW environment directly:
>
> * http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started
>
Poppycock! There is no reason that the user couldn't use Cygwin as the
one and only system to build native binaries.
> And link against the ncurses redistributable:
>
> * http://invisible-mirror.net/ncurses/ncurses.html
>
Building your own native library with a known set of compilers and
options may be better than depending on someone's build where you don't
know for certain the system, options and compiler used.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-02 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-02 3:04 Daniel Goldman
2015-11-02 4:09 ` Darik Horn
2015-11-02 12:48 ` cyg Simple [this message]
2015-11-02 15:14 ` Greg Freemyer
2015-11-02 15:34 ` Darik Horn
2015-11-02 15:49 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-11-02 12:42 ` cyg Simple
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