Re: [boost] gcc: timer patch, and ios_base workarounds

From: Greg Chicares (chicares_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-15 21:16:08

Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
> At 10:51 AM 4/14/2001, Greg Chicares wrote:
> 
>  >[2] The official gcc / win32 test platform seems to be cygwin;
>  >I used the mingw32 port (www.mingw.org). Is there any interest
>  >in reporting mingw32 test results as well in status/cs-win32.html?
> 
> What happens when gcc 3.0 ships?  Will we still have these variants?

Yes we will. Both are actively maintained gcc subtargets for windows.
Cygwin uses a POSIX emulation layer that forces all programs linked
with it to be GPL, while mingw has no special POSIX support but is in
the public domain. Details at http://www.mingw.org/x86-win32-ports.shtml .

I would be glad to perform whatever boost testing I can with the mingw
variant if you're interested in publishing the results. The outcome
really can be different with mingw vs. cygwin: e.g. they use different
C runtime libraries, neither of which is GNU glibc.