2007/5/30, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx>:
When I worked on this, I had added a new host platform called "cygwin" and altered the configure script, some jam rules, and several headers to specifically use it. I followed most of the lead from the freebsd and linux host platform - with some custom tweaks for cygwin.
From what I can tell, Cygwin's environment really isn't all that much like Linux other than using the same GNU packages and bash... Stefano has most of my diffs from those attempts - but I will re-create my entire environment and re-apply some of my changes until I can get back to the same place as before (this was of course quite a few months ago, before all the recent changes to fs_shell).
I've applied some of your diffs, but not everything. For example I didn't have to touch the buildtools. They compiled without any issue. I can share my current diffs as they differ a bit from what you did. What I have learnt is that every time you install cygwin you get a slightly different experience, due to the different versions of the various packages.