On 10/19/07, Gonzalo Garramuño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Van Every wrote: > > > > Agreed, having gone through this debate awhile ago. I would further > > note that MinGW doesn't require MSYS, and that one would of course > > expect %ProgramFiles% as the default in that case. Adding MSYS > > doesn't change the compiler being used, and the MSYS philosophy is as > > Bill said. So using %ProgramFiles% would make sense there too. > > > > Well, if you are not using MSYS with MinGW you expect MinGW to basically > NOT be able do any installs. That would be the responsibility of > something like DevC++ or the makefile you create.
Yeah, but there are Windows Command Prompt versions of make, typically named mingw32-make. You'd expect those to install to %ProgramFiles%, they don't have any /usr/local file system associated with them. > Either way, it would also be good if CMake did make a distinction about > itself. I really do not like the idea of MinGW by default overwriting > my (then stable) MSVC version. I agree. Make a feature request. > I just lost half a day trying to restore to a stable build. I recommend Acronis TrueImage. http://www.acronis.com Cheers, Brandon Van Every _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list [email protected] http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
