On 5/12/19, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote: > Am 12.05.2019 um 20:22 schrieb Agner Fog: > >> I have noticed that the gcc and clang compilers have defined the >> preprocessing macro __unix__, but not __WINDOWS__, _WIN32, or _WIN64 >> when compiling a windows executable. >> >> Why is this? > > Because it's correct that way. Cygwin runs on Windows, but it _is_ not > Windows.
Or you can use a cross-compiler to create a 'native' windows executable that doesn't require any of the cygwin dlls. $ echo | gcc -dM -E -xc - | grep '#define _WIN32 ' $ echo | i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -dM -E -xc - | grep '#define _WIN32 ' #define _WIN32 1 Lee -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
