I think I am going to send an e-mail to the GnuWin32 project leaders, and ask them to remove that if possible, as they seem to boast that their package is cygwin-free.
Thanks for all the help. After all these years for me, cygwin rears its ugly head again... On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Viktor Szakáts <harbour...@syenar.hu> wrote: > >> > %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program > Files (x86)\ATI > Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\strawberry\perl\bin;c:\windows\batfiles;c:\mingw\bin;C:\Program > Files (x86)\QT > Lite\QTSystem;C:\utils\console2;C:\utils\win-bash;C:\utils;C:\lame;C:\gnuwin32\bin > > > > After the _C compiler_ tools. > > > > There is no C compiler tools in your PATH besides > > cygwin, so cygwin is detected and tried to be used. > > > >> 2) I don't really believe it is cygwin, or does it rely on any cygwin > DLLs. It's sourceforge page boasts: GnuWin provides Win32-versions of GNU > tools, or tools with a similar open source licence. The ports are native > ports, that is they rely only on libraries provided with any 32-bits > MS-Windows operating system, such as MS-Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / NT / XP / > >> > >> Nor does it have *cygwin*.* files anywhere in there.... > > > > cygstart.exe is used for cygwin detection. > > > > There is no problem in having cygwin tools in PATH, > > for some targets it's even a requirement (mingwarm). > > I have to correct this e-mail of mine. Cygwin _may_ > cause harm when included with some other compiler tools, > so if someone wants to keep Cygwin in PATH all the time, > it's recommended to delete or rename cygstart.exe in cygwin > bin dir, if it's not a goal to create cygwin Harbour > builds, or compiler autodetection should be manually > overridden using HB_COMPILER envvar (this is one the > rare occasions). Even though for 99.99% of users, it's > better to delete/rename cygstart.exe. > > Viktor > > _______________________________________________ > Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) > Harbour@harbour-project.org > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour > -- smu johnson <smujohn...@gmail.com>
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