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Re: [bug-gawk] Gawk compile error Mingw32
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arnold |
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Re: [bug-gawk] Gawk compile error Mingw32 |
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Thu, 27 Oct 2016 07:14:13 -0600 |
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Manuel Collado <address@hidden> wrote:
> El 27/10/2016 14:38, Vincent Belaïche escribió:
> > Answers embedded below...
> >
> > Le 27/10/2016 à 09:04, address@hidden a écrit :
> > [...]
> >> Can you use the MinGW binary that Eli builds? Do you have to
> >> compile gawk yourself? (See https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/)
> >
> > No, I don't have to compile gawk myself, I would be quite happy to have
> > a binary. I have downloaded Eli's gawk binary, but it is a native MSW
> > application, not an MSYS application. It is easy to test that it outputs
> > CRLF EOLs, not LF EOL's, and that the the 'system(...)' function calls
> > cmd.exe, not sh.
>
> Then, the obvious choice seems to be Cygwin, instead of MSYS or DJGPP.
> You have to compile gawk from source, but this is a straightforward
> action that works out of the box.
I agree that Cygwin is the way to go. I am pretty sure that the gawk
on Cygwin is now 4.1.4, so all that's necessary is to install it.
Thanks,
Arnold