Re: help-bison Digest, Vol 79, Issue 4

[Evan Lavelle]

Dick Dunbar wrote:

> I didn't know that.  And don't know how to proceed.  I have gcc installed on
> cygwin;
> does it need to be replaced with a MinGW distro?   Any pointers to a
> discussion of this?

No; just install the MinGW gcc. You can get this from the Cygwin 
installer, but I think I downloaded mine direct. There's an installation 
HOWTO on the MinGW website.

The trick is to put the MinGW path before the Cygwin path, so you pick 
up the MinGW gcc. This is all a bit of a black art, but there's lots on 
Google about it. The only issue, I think, is making sure you get the 
path right. One potential problem is that the MinGW gcc is (was?) not 
up-to-date. I don't have a Windows system up, but I think I have to run 
gcc 3.4.

HTH

-Evan