Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

For MySQL:
There is no Cygwin needed.  Period.

I did a build last night.  Using nothing but Visual Studio with the
Intel C++ compiler for Win32.
Here is what got built:
E:\mysql-3.23.55>dir /s *.dll, *.exeVolume in drive E has no label.Volume Serial Number is 7496-C335
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\client_debug

31/01/03  11:36a               557,115 isamchk.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               733,247 myisamchk.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               602,175 myisamlog.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               487,480 mysql.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               458,813 mysqladmin.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               479,299 mysqlbinlog.exe
31/01/03  11:38a             4,296,758 mysqld.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               598,076 mysqldump.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               446,526 mysqlimport.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               573,500 mysqlshow.exe
31/01/03  12:48a                45,056 mysqlshutdown.exe
31/01/03  11:38a               618,559 pack_isam.exe
31/01/03  11:38a               307,200 replace.exe             13 File(s)     10,203,804 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\client_release

31/01/03  11:36a               327,680 isamchk.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               458,752 myisamchk.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               372,736 myisamlog.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               323,642 mysql.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               274,432 mysqladmin.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               278,528 mysqlbinlog.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               270,336 mysqlcheck.exe
31/01/03  12:35a             3,002,368 mysqld-max-nt.exe
31/01/03  12:48a             2,994,176 mysqld-max.exe
31/01/03  11:38a             2,564,096 mysqld-nt.exe
31/01/03  11:37a             2,560,000 mysqld-opt.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               286,720 mysqldump.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               266,240 mysqlimport.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               270,336 mysqlshow.exe
31/01/03  12:48a                45,056 mysqlshutdown.exe
31/01/03  12:48a                49,152 mysqlwatch.exe
31/01/03  11:38a               274,432 pack_isam.exe
31/01/03  11:38a               167,936 perror.exe
31/01/03  11:37a               188,416 replace.exe             19 File(s)     14,975,034 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\COMP_ERR\Release

31/01/03  11:36a               167,936 comp-err.exe              1 File(s)        167,936 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\libmysqltest\debug

31/01/03  11:37a               122,943 myTest.exe              1 File(s)        122,943 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\libmysqltest\release

31/01/03  11:37a                49,152 myTest.exe              1 File(s)         49,152 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\lib_debug

31/01/03  11:37a               467,005 libmySQL.dll              1 File(s)        467,005 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\lib_release

31/01/03  11:36a               278,528 libmySQL.dll              1 File(s)        278,528 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\myisampack\debug

31/01/03  11:37a               553,025 myisampack.exe              1 File(s)        553,025 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\myisampack\release

31/01/03  11:37a               311,296 myisampack.exe              1 File(s)        311,296 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\my_print_defaults\Debug

31/01/03  11:37a               319,567 my_print_defaults.exe              1 File(s)        319,567 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\my_print_defaults\Release

31/01/03  11:37a               180,224 my_print_defaults.exe              1 File(s)        180,224 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\PERROR\Debug

31/01/03  11:38a               294,969 perror.exe              1 File(s)        294,969 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\THR_TEST\debug

31/01/03  11:37a               127,037 thr_test.exe              1 File(s)        127,037 bytes
Directory of E:\mysql-3.23.55\THR_TEST\release

31/01/03  11:37a                53,248 thr_test.exe              1 File(s)         53,248 bytes
    Total Files Listed:             44 File(s)     28,103,768 bytes              0 Dir(s)  24,246,353,920 bytes free

E:\mysql-3.23.55>

In the morning, I started the server Daemon
(E:\mysql-3.23.55\client_release>mysqld-max-nt.exe in my case).

You can connect to it.  You can query it.  Whatever.  No cygwin needed.
No Mingw.  No nothing.  Build in Win32.  Run in Win32.  It's a pure,
native Win32 application.

Just so that everyone understands about MySQL --> the [current release]
Windows port is definitely, positively a native Win32 application that
needs no outside utilities to build, setup, run, or administrate.  You
can all stop guessing.

Now, as far as the Win32 animosity goes, I think that is a natural thing
too.  There is a culture clash between the Linux camps and the Win32
camps.  Typically, it's the highly intelligent kids recently out of
college that are in love with Linux, and the [usually older] corporate
types that know nothing but Win32.  But realize that both sets of people
have real problems to solve and a free, high quality database will be a
great help to anyone.

Microsoft *has* done some really scuzzy things (STAK springs to mind).
But the people who just want to use the MS tools to get work done are
usually pretty well innocent of misbehavior.  They just want to solve
their business problems.  I think it would be good to keep that sort of
separation in mind.

IMO-YMMV.