Re: [coLinux-devel] Getting started building coLinux.

[Ballard J. <sac...@ho...>]

> >>>3.) Is it dumb to ask if it's possible to use MinGW rather
> >>>than Cygwin to do builds?

> The need for cygwin1.dll is optional.

It is possible to use only MinGW.  Currently, the source code uses standard
C (stdlib, stdio, etc) conventions and Microsoft API's only have limited
implementation of such conventions.  Microsoft has an optional run-time
library, installed on demand like cygwin1.dll, that could be used intead of
Cygwin or MinGW but the benefits does not change because an extra *.dll file
was required.  The best option is to rewrite the portions of the coLinux
source to use only the native DDK and PlatformSDK conventions and
procedures.  I do not see such change as a priority issue at this time.  As
coLinux becomes more secure, I project the rewrite to more native OS code to
happen.  The standard C conventions are easier use at this time --
especially for those that program with linux more.