On 3 March 2011 03:54, anctop wrote: > I'd like to ask a question about distributing programs compiled with > cygwin to windows. > > I've compiled some utility programs (e.g. "grep") in the cygwin bash > environment, then copied the executables and the dependent libraries > (e.g. "grep.exe" and "cygwin1.dll", "cygintl-8.dll", "cygiconv-2.dll", > "cyggcc_s-1.dll", "cygpcre-0.dll") back to windows.
Remember that you also need to offer the sources when distributing GPL software. > For those programs with only text outputs, this method gives a working > windows port of the software, but it is not the case for those > terminal handling programs (e.g. "less"). I can still compile and > distribute, but the program works correctly only within the cygwin > bash. Under windows, all the terminal capabilities are lost, with the > "WARNING: terminal is not fully functional" message. You need the relevant terminfo entry, i.e. /usr/share/terminfo/63/cygwin. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
