Thanks for the quick response Dave. I understand about the primary use of Cygwin. I also like to use it to test code through the GNU compiler in addition to the Visual C one. Since I also use Eclipse for Java, it's convenient to use it for C++ as well for this type of testing.
I'll look to see if the Eclipse CDT folks have an answer..... Best, Eileen Dave Korn-6 wrote: > > enovack wrote: > >> It's just a pain since this used to work on my old laptop, which had a >> previous version of cygwin installed. > > Sorry about that. Primarily the goal of cygwin is to provide a > linux-like > environment and linux-like behaviour, and from that point of view the > ability > to switch the system default compiler was something that was a deficiency > while it was missing. We don't go out of our way to break other usages > such > as an external win32 app trying to launch a cygwin app from a non-cygwin > environment, but we can't always make everything compatible with win32 at > the > expense of linux compatability. I am surprised you're having problems > though, > as with /bin in the windows PATH and invoking the particular compiler by > name > it should all "just work". (Yeah... famous last words!) > > It might also be possible to use "cygstart" as a wrapper to launch the > plain > "gcc" shortcut and even take advantage of the "alternatives" wrapper from > within your applications, although I can't promise. > >> Best, >> Eileen >> >> >> Dave Korn-6 wrote: > > Hey! I just got .so versioned! :-) > > cheers, > DaveK > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/side-effects-after-installing-gcc-3.4.4.999-tp22282325p23873433.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
