Re[2]: [Mingw-users] Directory tree

[Paul S. <pa...@is...>]

Hello Kai,

Kai Ruottu <kai...@lu...> wrote on Tuesday, November 21, 2000:

KR> James wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering, if the different include directories are for platform
>> independance, would it be possible to put the platform independant files in
>> the main \include directories, and put the platform dependant ones in the
>> \[architecture]\include files.  Just to put as much as possible into the
>> common areas, and duplicate as little as possible.  I realize that what I'm
>> suggesting isn't really motivated by any huge technological advantage, more
>> just a uninformed newcomer's glance into something that seems more
>> complicated than it needs to be.  Thanks for any comments and ideas.

KR>  The current Cygwin libs and headers seem to be for '/usr/lib' and
KR> '/usr/include'. So it claims to be "the native C-compiler for Win32".

    Nope, it claims to be default full-fledged POSIX environment for
Win32, and that's right. Other stuff having such attitudes would also
have /usr prefix (e.g., my PW32 has).

KR> No arguments seen from the Mingw-people yet...

    Why, there's no problem with that. There were perceived problems
with dll names - I proposed cygwin to use 'cyg' prefix for its, while
leaving 'lib' for Mingw, as the most native win32 target, and it
somewhat succeed. But there's really no reason to have '/usr'
ambitions. It was agreed '/mingw' as the default prefix for mingw.

KR> The Unix-environment under Windoze sounds more 'alien' at least for me...

    Hm, strange. From post I understood that you use crosscompiler on
Linux, etc. Don't you think it's very expensive (in terms of
invaluable resource - brain load) to keep in mind pecularities of
windoze installs, while there's simple and genuine technique for
installation exists?


KR> Cheers, Kai


--
Paul Sokolovsky, IT Specialist
http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=11135