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[Peter Münster <pmlists@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 26 2010, taco wrote:

> >Let's drop support for cygwin. Ok?
> 
> Two things that might help debug the problem:

All right Taco, so you really want, that we continue to spend time on this
matter ... !


> * what is the gcc version is that version of cygwin?

4.3.4


> * Is there any chance of trying with a different compiler version?

Yes. Today I've tested 3.4.4: no problem!


> Also, are you running the resulting luatex in a command box,
> or in a real shell?

ssh-connection (a bash shell)


> You could even try to compile with -no-cygwin to get rid of
> the runtime dll dependency (I don't remember the exact flags
> needed for that, sorry). But then, if you wanted to do that,
> you probably would have used the mingw compiler from the start ...

Indeed, the only reason for compiling with cygwin, is just this runtime dll.

There is still the normal windows version, that works. It just can't load
shared cygwin dlls.


> Anyway, this sort of trouble is exactly why I abandonded
> cygwin in the mid-nineties

Good decision!

Cheers, Peter

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