Show threadMichał FitaMar 24, 2025

@argv_minus_one You know... `autoconf` was for times, when we have several #Unix systems in the field, each significantly different from each other, especially in terms of `libc` support. Today we have 3, with one having two flavours - `musl` and `glibc`; third one from #Apple is not usually that strongly supported.

Then keep in mind `autoconf` was practically non-existent on #Windows (and no, #Cygwin and #msys don't count).

WonderFan2XSZMar 10, 2025

MSYS - Alice (My Style)
MSYS - Harry (My Style)

#msys #mystyleyourstyle

WonderFan2XSZMar 10, 2025

MSYS - Black Orb (My Style)

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WonderFan2XSZMar 10, 2025

MSYS - Lucy Alugiero (My Style)
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lmemsmJan 25, 2025
I've been checking out how projects like #Busybox-w32, #msys and #GNUWin32 handle links in their utility programs like ln & ls. The comparison is very interesting. I really like Busybox-w32's use of hard links and how they show up with ls -i. They've done a wonderful job getting Busybox working on Windows. I'm investigating if Busybox-w32 can be used in place of msys when building #FLOSS #C projects with #mingw.
WonderFan2XSZJan 20, 2025

MSYS - Ember (My Style)
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#msys #mystyleyourstyle

WonderFan2XSZJan 20, 2025

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lmemsmJan 4, 2025
I build a lot of #FLOSS #C programs from source. I've been looking into replacing #msys on #Windows with #busybox-w32 ash and some alternatives to core utilities. I've been wanting to get rid of msys for a while and use natively built utilities that don't require Cygwin style DLLs. There are projects like #gnuwin32 and #GOW. Anyone else interested in this sort of thing?
WonderFan2XSZDec 31, 2024

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Show threadlmemsmSep 17, 2024
Another useful #writing tool I almost forget to mention is wc. You'll find it on #Linux and #BSD distros. On Windows, #msys and #cygwin offer a version. There are several implementations of wc out there including versions in Busybox and Toybox. If you want to build it yourself or modify it, sbase has a straight forward version:
https://git.suckless.org/sbase/file/wc.c.html
Have a happy #SoftwareFreedomDay2024 #SFD #SoftwareFreedomDay #DFF #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS
wc.c - sbase - suckless unix tools