From: Karl B. <ka...@tu...> - 2000-09-25 18:55:41
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Hi Dave, I'm not sure if sdcc has any problems with the later versions of cygwin. Did someone post a problem? I hope I didn't give you this impression. I just haven't tried the latest cygwin yet. I'll try to get this downloaded and try it. Otherwise, I think a neat solution would be to post a binary native package with the Borland compiled binaries on the web site. This would not need the cygwin package. It would have some limitations, as the debugger does not compile as such, and you don't get all the great unix/cygwin programming tools(make, grep, etc...). I'll try to make a native bc compiled package(or has someone else got this somewhere on their web site?). Cheers, Karl. At 10:37 PM 9/21/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Hi group, > > This is a copy of the email that I got back from RedHat on the cygwin >package. Someone care to comment on the problems with the newer >versions of cygwin?!?!? As my first email to them indicates.. I don't >use win32 for development... so I don't know what the problems are. > > I will forward whatever anyone wants to comment on. Meanwhile I can >post the known working version to the site right away. >--Dave >------------- > > From: Chris Faylor <cg...@re...> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: cygwin package] > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:17:06 -0400 > To: da...@kd... > Cc: kim...@re... > >Hello, >Since Cygwin is free software you are allowed to make anything available >as long as you adhere to the GPL. > >However, I have very grave reservations about confusiong people by making >older versions of the software available. > >I would be interested in hearing what kind of problems you are having, >of course. I would much rather fix problems than force people to live >in the past. > >cgf > >On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 10:32:43AM -0400, Donna Kimmerly wrote: >>HI. I've forwarded this email to you in case you can help this fellow >>with his problem. If not, let me know and I'll have mark respond to >>him. >>From: da...@kd... >>To: le...@re... >>Subject: cygwin package >>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:17:24 -0500 (CDT) >>Reply-To: da...@kd... >> >>Dear Sirs, >> >> This is a request to post a version of Cygnus' cygwin package to our >>web site. >> >> I am a member of the SDCC (Small Device C Compiler) developer group. >> http://sdcc.sourceforge.net. >> >> I work mostly on the web pages and do bug report/testing. Our package >>will run on win32 platform but only with a known version of cygwin. I >>have downloaded this version and would like to post it to our web site >>for others to download. More recent versions of this package are known >>to break the SDCC build and install on win32. Otherwise, we would have >>put a link on our page to download the latest. >> >> I cannot give specifics as to why it breaks. I use the native linux >>platform to do my development. This seems to be a real issue with >>others just starting with our package, hence this request. >> >> The legal department seemed like a good place to ask this question ;-) >>Your consideration is appreciated. >> >>-- >>Dave > >-- >Dave > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Dave Helton, KD0YU - da...@kd... - http://www.kd0yu.com >Real World Computing - 319-386-4041 - 8am-5pm CST >Linux/Novell/NT | Servers/Workstations | Consulting | Internet Technologies >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > _ > / / (_)__ __ ____ __ > / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a > /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >sdcc-devel mailing list >sdc...@li... >http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sdcc-devel > |