Re: [fpc-pascal] RE: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-12 Thread Tomas Hajny
On Fri, April 12, 2013 17:45, waldo kitty wrote: > On 4/12/2013 02:44, leledumbo wrote: >>> can i compile an app with either one and then run that app natively on >> winwhatever /without/ having to install either cygwin or mingw? >> >> All Cygwin binaries depend on cygwin1.dll, so you must distribu

Re: [fpc-pascal] RE: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-12 Thread waldo kitty
On 4/12/2013 02:44, leledumbo wrote: why use cygwin when mingw is available? Highly *nix tied programs that needs quick porting can use it (e.g.: those that use X11). ok... what is the difference between the two? MinGW doesn't implement the *nix layer (Msys does, though only for the shell

[fpc-pascal] Re: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-11 Thread leledumbo
> Do you know if 'make clean' and 'make distclean' is the same? http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/prog/progse77.html -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/64-bit-cross-binutils-on-a-32-bit-OS-tp5714083p5714106.html Sent from the Free Pascal - Gener

[fpc-pascal] RE: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-11 Thread leledumbo
> why use cygwin when mingw is available? Highly *nix tied programs that needs quick porting can use it (e.g.: those that use X11). > what is the difference between the two? MinGW doesn't implement the *nix layer (Msys does, though only for the shell and small programs, not the whole system), i

Re: [fpc-pascal] RE: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-11 Thread waldo kitty
On 4/11/2013 10:14, leledumbo wrote: Anyhow, there is no cygwin target for Free Pascal, neither win32 nor win64. Could I ask what for? Cygwin is Unix emulation layer on M$ Windows, what is it good for when you can target Windows natively? not that i use either but... why use cygwin when ming

[fpc-pascal] Re: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-11 Thread Schindler Karl-Michael
> Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:06:45 +0200 > From: Schindler Karl-Michael > > Subject: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 106, Issue 26 > To: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I was successful with target=x86_64-w6

[fpc-pascal] RE: 64 bit cross binutils on a 32 bit OS

2013-04-11 Thread leledumbo
> Anyhow, there is no cygwin target for Free Pascal, neither win32 nor win64. Could I ask what for? Cygwin is Unix emulation layer on M$ Windows, what is it good for when you can target Windows natively? -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/64-bit-