On Thursday 23 July 2009 12:09:49 JonY wrote:
> > The attachment tells everything, in fact. So the 'config.guess'
> > cannot guess the system type.
This is by design. Normal users of MSYS don't really need to set up
an msysDVLPR environment -- its purpose is for the sole purpose of
developing and maintaining MSYS itself, and we want to keep that
tightly under our control.
> > Your reference tells:
> > "Before you do anything else, you must make the environment (as
> > guessed by config.guess) equal to MSYS. The msysdvlpr script is
> > one method to do this." Seems this doesn't work as expected..
>
> You have to fix up the autotool (configure and friends) scripts
> that came with the program to fix the problem. You can also use
> autoconf for[1] MSYS to do this.
Before you even embark on such a venture, you should develop a clear
understanding of your motivation. Do you hope, one day, to become a
contributor to MSYS development? Do you just want to experiment, to
develop an understanding of how MSYS works "under the hood"? If
neither of these apply, then maybe you should *not* be using an
msysDVLPR environment. (If you are planning to extend MSYS, for
purposes of your own, then, while you may believe you have a valid
application[*], you really should consider whether Cygwin might not
better suit your needs. Remember that MSYS is a minimal derivative
of a very old version of Cygwin; we do *not* want it to expand into
yet another more comprehensive Cygwin implementation).
[*] I don't mean to imply here, that there is no valid application
you might conceive. MSYS-git, for example, is one independently
maintained project which complements MSYS quite nicely; you may well
have something of a similar nature in mind.
> Why isn't MSYS a recognized platform? Well, its not designed to
> function as such, you need to do much of the ground work yourself.
And that's basically to help us keep control of its development, and
to prevent it from blossoming, out of control, into an alternative
Cygwin -- we are not in the business of competing with Cygwin.
--
Regards,
Keith.
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