Re: [Quickfix-developers] Does quickfix build / run on cygwin?

[Malinka R. <ael...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 17:20, K. Frank <kfr...@gm...> wrote:
> QuickFIX Documentation: http://www.quickfixengine.org/quickfix/doc/html/index.html
> QuickFIX Support: http://www.quickfixengine.org/services.html
>
> Hello List -
>
> Is it possible to build (and run) quickfix on cygwin?
>

probably easiest is to try it.  as likely it depends heavily on your
particular config of windows/cygwin/etc.  and getting an install of
cygwin with compiler tools is pretty simple to do.  I would try it
here and let you know however right now I don't have a system with a
cygwin install setup for this and as i said earlier results may vary.

> Searching around, I found very little on this issue, and what I
> did find was equivocal.  Also, I see no reference to cygwin in
> the documentation.

that's because this is a very non-standard approach as it is possible
to run quickfix in windows.

>
> (It is my understanding that quickfix cannot be built with mingw.
> Is this in fact the case?)

again probably easiest to simply try it yourself, as any problems with
build in the past may have been (intentionally or otherwise) remedied
or related to a persons particular system config and/or quickfix
conifg.

>
> Any feedback appreciated.
>
> Some subsidiary questions:
>
> Is it possible to search the list archives directly from the sourceforge
> site?  I don't see any search functionality on:
>
>   http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=quickfix-developers
>
> (But perhaps I've overlooked something.)

there used to be afaik however it was a bit unwieldy the last time I
used it which would have been about a year ago or so.

>
> Also, would this kind of question be better addressed to the
> Quickfix-users list?

probably theoretically better to quickfix-users as this is a user
question however i've seen a lot of user questions in devel.

>
> Thanks.
>
> K. Frank

HTH