My intent is not to emulate the low-level operating system API, it is rather to
emulate the *environment* consisting of packages and programs, their versions, etc.
For example, instead of just imagining that I have taken care of these
subtleties ( http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#ov-hi-perm) in my
programs (and possibly others), I would like to actually be able to test them.
And, as I said, instead of asking for access to a Windows/Cygwin node from my
sys admin, it would be wonderful if I could achieve a "Linux on top of Linux",
weird as it may sound.
So, this need for cross-platform compatibility (of my scripts) (between just the
two of Windows and Fedora) may not be entirely unwarranted. Somewhat like the
concept of cross-compilation for C programs without access to a physical target.
On 03/08/2012 01:22 PM, Mike Brown wrote:
On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 01:15:20PM +0530, Harry Simons wrote:
Instead of asking for access to a Cygwin/Windows PC just for the above, I
thought it would be terrific if Cygwin could somehow be installed /
emulated on a Fedora.
Linux on top of Linux? I don't understand the need for that.
MB
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