Windows Port #2

[Aaron W. LaFramboise]

Sam Lauber wrote:

> LINK.EXE has a POSIX option /subsystem:posix. However, I know not much about it, so I'd advise agianst using it until more data is found. ML.exe does the linking itself!
> I guess that saves the backend writers a lot of work.

The POSIX subsystem in Windows is a sibling of the Win32 subsystem.  GCC
actually supports it directly through the Interix target.  (I'm not sure
what the state of Interix is presently in mainline.)  You can download a
binary distribution of an Interix-targetted GCC from Microsoft's website
as "Services for Unix."

Aaron W. LaFramboise