gEDA-dev: FYI: windows build attempt from s.e.design

[DJ Delorie]

> I'm not sure if gEDA is the topic of discussion in this thread
> or PCB.

I'd like to see a basic gschem->pcb collection working.  I know the
simulators are popular here, but on s.e.d boards are more popular.

> I use DJ's djgpp packages for M4, Perl, etc. under Windows.
> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ They work much better (faster) than
> Cygwin, and a lot less to install, but I don't think you can do a
> complete build within that environment.  DJ have you ever tried?

DJGPP doesn't support the Win32 API - it's a DOS compiler, not a
Windows compiler, so you can't link against windows DLLs.  As long as
the program only uses stdin/stdout, djgpp and windows can interact.

DJGPP used to have a Win32 compatibility packages (rsxnt) but it never
worked *that* well, and has long since bitrotted.  MinGW has taken its
place for that functionality.