From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D6C044C56 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF4B68BD42; Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:36:39 +0200 (EET) Received: from mail8.parnet.fi (mail8.parnet.fi [77.234.108.134]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 294C968BA48 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:36:33 +0200 (EET) Received: from mail9.parnet.fi (mail9.parnet.fi [77.234.108.21]) by mail8.parnet.fi with ESMTP id 31D7aVFT004076-31D7aVFU004076 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:36:31 +0200 Received: from foo.martin.st (host-97-187.parnet.fi [77.234.97.187]) by mail9.parnet.fi (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C4D3A1527 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:36:31 +0200 (EET) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:36:30 +0200 (EET) From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Martin_Storsj=F6?= To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3dcd264-1f6-db70-32c3-d523e392ffa@martin.st> References: <27182552-d0fb-fa0-d15-b969bdd09ada@martin.st> <4ecd356-f04b-afe0-6d17-ef9850d6df2@martin.st> <6b8c93af-db59-f05b-97c0-4f7a6a32a7b0@martin.st> <8bac6311-d03c-d20-f1f1-ecb3c5b937af@martin.st> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-FE-Policy-ID: 3:14:2:SYSTEM Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] mswindres: Use '-' instead of '/' for rc.exe options X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, Ziemowit Laski wrote: >> Not at all - it's entirely a technical thing. MSYS, which is a fork of >> cygwin, is an environment to provide a full POSIX (i.e. unix) environment >> on top of Windows, which involves a lot of trickery to make system calls >> like fork() work on top of a OS that doesn't provide that. > > But that's exactly what Cygwin provides, no? Yes - MSYS is a fork of Cygwin, with just some tweaks and repackaging for a slightly different purpose/usecase. (Cygwin wants to be its own universe where all tools are built in Cygwin mode, while MSYS is intentionally meant to interoperate more with tools running in native win32 mode.) // Martin _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".