Cross-development of Windows 32-bit applications under FreeBSD?

martinmcc at orbweavers.co.uk martinmcc at orbweavers.co.uk
Sun Apr 10 11:46:18 PDT 2005


On Sunday 10 April 2005 18:00, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Is it possible to develop and build native Windows 32-bit applications
> under FreeBSD, using only command-line tools like gcc and other
> open-source components?

djgpp is a port of gcc which can compile dos exucatables, from the site 

"Yes, I know Windows is "the wave of the future", but I don't like it, so I 
don't support it. DJGPP is for making DOS programs, and if you can convince 
it to make a Windows program, good for you." 

how easy it would be to make windows executables I don't know. 

I would reckon your best bet would be to use something like lcc with some 
windows emulation, since you are going to want to test and debug it too. Even 
with that, I would feel very uncomfortable producing a windows program that I 
hadn't tested  on a pure windows system. 

Cheers, 
Martin 



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