Re: [Mingw-users] Compiling network daemon: where to findheaderspoll.h, errno.h, etc.?

[Brian D. <br...@de...>]

Alexander Farber wrote:

> uh ok, I don't want to learn Windows sockets.
> I think I'll give up on MinGW.
> 
> I was expecting it to be similar to Cygwin (where my
> Unix-program compiles very easily), but without the
> need to install anything for the end users.

If you want an app that doesn't require anything extra then you have to
use the native Win32 APIs and the Microsoft C runtime library (MSVCRT);
this means Winsock.  It's an either-or: either you have an emulation
library like Cygwin or you use the native API.  And using the native API
is what MinGW is about, hence the "minimalist" in its name.

I wouldn't give up so fast.  The Winsock library is one of the easiest
to port, since it is very close to the unix socket model.  If all you
have to do is socket networking, then it should be very easy.

Brian