GCC 3.4.0 build failed on interix3
DJ Delorie
dj@redhat.com
Thu Apr 22 23:58:00 GMT 2004
> Is there a legal issue with Interix support? I know that UWIN
> support was pulled because if you build from source, the resulting
> binary would have proprietary code in it that is not part of the
> Windows operating system.
I don't recall there ever being such a problem with Interix.
> But if the only pieces included are part of "Microsoft Windows
> Services for UNIX" then maybe those count as part of the OS.
Interix runs in NT's POSIX subsystem, so there isn't even a
compatibility library to link against. It's been a long time since I
worked on Interix support, but I don't recall anything in there that
would cause problems, any more so than any other proprietary OS
running gcc.
OTOH, I haven't looked at its license either.
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