Re: [Tinycc-devel] tcc compilation on MSYS2

[grischka]

Chris Marshall wrote: ---
> To be more specific, it should be possible to build the mingw version of 
> tcc on cygwin (I don't know, haven't had time to try) but what I would 
> like is the linux/unix version---if it builds on unix, it should be 
> buildable on cygwin---as long as you don't look under the covers to find 
> windows.  

Probably you could do that.  It is just that you'll find that
such (almost true) linux/unix version of tcc will produce
(entirely) true linux/unix programs.  And these will not
run on windows, not even under cygwin.

-- gr

In my experience, the problem is when you do something like
> check for windows somewhere and then assume it is windows.  If you check 
> for and use unix capabilities, you should find them on cygwin.  NOTE: if 
> you then check at the end for something windows specific---everything 
> breaks again.

> --Chris