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author | Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com> | 2012-04-24 01:46:46 +0400 |
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committer | Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com> | 2012-04-24 01:46:46 +0400 |
commit | 0a5135e32a6391d0445395337882fca3348a5178 (patch) | |
tree | 59f35fcb3fd0bb3ff3c4b6362a5938940d925ab0 /winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | |
parent | f76ca727407f18b52cd968de70d44a1c431c2f4f (diff) |
* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.objective-c): Update for gcc4.
(faq.programming.win32-api): -mwindows does include -lcomdlg32.
(faq.programming.win32-no-cygwin): Update for removal of -mno-cygwin.
* overview2.sgml (ov-ex-win): Ditto.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index acb92b99b..4aecdc3bf 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ would be difficult. <question><para>Where is Objective C?</para></question> <answer> -<para>Objective C hasn't been distributed with the Cygwin version of gcc -for a long time. For several reason Cygwin was stuck with gcc version 3.4.4. -Fortunately the latest gcc maintainer is quite busy to create a working -gcc 4.x release which also comes with an Objective C package. +<para>Support for compiling Objective C is available in the <literal>gcc4-objc</literal> +package; resulting binaries will depend on the <literal>libobjc2</literal> +package at runtime. </para> </answer></qandaentry> @@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ with gdi32 like this: <para>The regular setup allows you to use the option -mwindows on the command line to include a set of the basic libraries (and also make your program a GUI program instead of a console program), -including user32, gdi32 and, IIRC, comdlg32. +including user32, gdi32 and comdlg32. </para> <para>It is a good idea to put import libraries last on your link line, or at least after all the object files and static libraries that reference them. @@ -194,11 +193,10 @@ as well as the User's Guide section <question><para>How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?</para></question> <answer> -<para><emphasis role='bold'>(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest net release.)</emphasis> -</para> -<para>The -mno-cygwin flag to gcc makes gcc link against standard Microsoft -DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is desirable for native Windows programs -that don't need a UNIX emulation layer. +<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw-gcc</literal>, +<literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal>, and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal> +packages link against standard Microsoft DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is +desirable for native Windows programs that don't need a UNIX emulation layer. </para> <para>This is not to be confused with 'MinGW' (Minimalist GNU for Windows), which is a completely separate effort. That project's home page is |