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| author | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2010-01-26 16:16:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2010-01-26 16:16:19 +0000 |
| commit | e9e924bfae0cb8430fbe193b5bf579b152d8a097 (patch) | |
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* Makefile.in: Skip validation in xmlto step.
* overview.sgml: Clarify language in "A brief history of Cygwin".
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/overview.sgml b/winsup/doc/overview.sgml index 0d521fe1e..4f7ef3a3e 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/overview.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/overview.sgml @@ -84,16 +84,16 @@ new interface the Cygwin API. Once written, it was possible to build working Win32 tools using UNIX-hosted cross-compilers, linking against this library.</para> -<para>From this point, we pursued the goal of producing native tools +<para>From this point, we pursued the goal of producing Windows-hosted tools capable of rebuilding themselves under Windows 9x and NT (this is often called self-hosting). Since neither OS ships with standard UNIX user tools (fileutils, textutils, bash, etc...), we had to get the GNU -equivalents working with the Cygwin API. Most of these tools were +equivalents working with the Cygwin API. Many of these tools were previously only built natively so we had to modify their configure scripts to be compatible with cross-compilation. Other than the configuration changes, very few source-level changes had to be -made. Running bash with the development tools and user tools in place, -Windows 9x and NT look like a flavor of UNIX from the perspective of +made since Cygwin provided a UNIX-like API. Running bash with the development tools and user tools in place, +Windows 9x and NT looked like a flavor of UNIX from the perspective of the GNU configure mechanism. Self hosting was achieved as of the beta 17.1 release in October 1996.</para> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ the GNU configure mechanism. Self hosting was achieved as of the beta The entire Cygwin toolset was available as a monolithic install. In April 2000, the project announced a <ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-04/msg00269.html"> -New Cygwin Net Release</ulink> which provided the native Win32 program +New Cygwin Net Release</ulink> which provided the native non-Cygwin Win32 program <command>setup.exe</command> to install and upgrade each package separately. Since then, the Cygwin DLL and <command>setup.exe</command> have seen continuous development. |