[erlang-questions] Windows

[Dan Gudmundsson]

Does not cygwin still produce executables that depend on cygwin.dll, i.e.
non native windows programs
that will not work if you do not have cygwin (I know you can crosscompile
with mingw compilers but that does not make
it easier).

I have ditched cygwin since long ago, and I prefer mingw and msys, it works
and you can use Microsoft compiler or mingw compilers.
rebar works and even erlang.mk worked as far as I tried it.

IMO cygwin is a rabbit hole, do not go there it just makes it worse.


On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:05 PM Loïc Hoguin <essen@REDACTED> wrote:

> On 05/20/2015 12:58 PM, Jani Hakala wrote:
> > Loïc Hoguin <essen@REDACTED> writes:
> >
> >> Now Erlang compiles on Cygwin... but produces the win32 target. Which
> >> brings me to the main subject of this email: what would it involve to
> >> make Erlang work on Cygwin? Considering Cygwin is a mix of Windows and
> >> Linux it's probably just about enabling one or another piece of code,
> >> or is it?
> >>
> > Cygwin API Licensing Terms (https://cygwin.com/licensing.html) might be
> > an issue. Is linking to cygwin.dll required, and if yes, is it possible
> > to load only NIFs and port drivers that are distributed with a license
> > that satisfies the Open Source Definition?
> >
> > I think GPLv3 cygwin.dll license could be one the top reasons why
> > windows developers stay away from cygwin.
>
> This is largely a non-issue.
>
> The GPL only applies if you distribute the source code and/or the
> resulting build that links to Cygwin.
>
> The use case I am trying to improve is providing a development
> environment for people who deploy to Linux servers. Cygwin is not part
> of the resulting software.
>
> See my email to Jose Valim for more details.
>
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