From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_FAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C60CCBC6C for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:43:53 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAP4cakfAXQImh2dsb2JhbACQAQIBCAopmUA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,190,1196636400"; d="scan'208";a="5398147" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 20 Dec 2007 16:43:53 +0100 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBKFhm1t021564 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:43:53 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAP4cakdQW+UCn2dsb2JhbACQAQIBAQcEBgkgmUA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,190,1196636400"; d="scan'208";a="5398146" Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) ([80.91.229.2]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 20 Dec 2007 16:43:52 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1J5NHo-0001CC-BT for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:26:12 +0000 Received: from ivr94-8-88-162-26-239.fbx.proxad.net ([88.162.26.239]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:26:12 +0000 Received: from li by ivr94-8-88-162-26-239.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:26:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Zheng Li Subject: Re: MinGW port w/o Cygwin? Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:23:18 +0100 Message-ID: <87sl1xgzkp.fsf@pps.jussieu.fr> References: <200712200930.29585.ober.14@osu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ivr94-8-88-162-26-239.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VwPMnwhGi8Hopd1QjEtFHA0xIvg= Sender: news X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 476A8DB4.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; mingw:01 cygwin:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 compilation:01 mingw:01 cygwin:01 cheers:01 pps:01 pps:01 jussieu:01 jussieu:01 writes:01 argument:02 fyi:02 FYI, http://d2bg.nfshost.com/lang/ocaml/ocaml.compilation.with.mingw Kuba Ober writes: > I'm looking at getting the MinGW/MSYS port working w/o Cygwin. > > I understand that command line length is problematic under Windows, > among other things. I was thinking of implementing (if not present yet) > argument files for MinGW, along with requisite build system changes > in Ocaml itself, such that native builds under Windows could be done > without Cygwin. I'd also try and get the patches accepted into MinGW > / MSYS. Cheers -- Zheng Li http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~li