[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Using win32 and unix questions

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The SFU setup is already described on the wiki, and SFU installs as a
complete package.  I just see no reason not to do it if you use tla on
windows.  Bloated, time consuming -- well, everything on windows is.
Once you chose windows, those come for free.  But since it keeps tla
unix-compatible, that's the way to go.  Not to diminish the excellent
work of cygwin porters, I think this is where long NT names do come
into play and it's cygwin's fault being slow to implement them, so
instead of a cygwin port, we need a cygwin's (own) fix.

Alexy

On 5/18/05, Gustavo Córdova Avila <address@hidden> wrote:
> Deliverable Mail wrote:
>
> >I had success with the MS Unix Services for WIndows (SFU,
> >interix.com), also described in the wiki.  You get tla to compile
> >practically out of the box, with names as long as you like and
> >upgrades as fast as recompiling.  I specifically got SFU for tla, and
> >have an SFU shell open to run tla in it, when I need to.  There's
> >openssh/sftp there to get stuff over the network, and I also compiled
> >ssh.com in SFU.  I still do everything else in cygwin.
> >
> >Alexy
> >
> >
> Whoa, this is *very* good.
>
> Could you write a bit about this on the Win32 section in the wiki?
>
> What requirements do the compiled binaries have?
>
> Can they be used without installing the whole SFU package, only using a
> shell, tla, and maybe a support lib or three?
>
> -gus