Subj : Re: distro
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Dec 22 2017 11:42:00

  Re: Re: distro
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Fri Dec 22 2017 01:17 am

 >> lol..  Although I wonder if it could at least compile a command-line
 >> application?  Technically, such an application would be a Win32/Win64
 >> application.

 DM> Yes, you can compile a command-line/console application (with the gcc
 DM> included in the Ubuntu/bash package for Windows 10), but No, it does not
 DM> generate a Win32/Win64 application.

 DM> Here an example 'file' output from a file built with gcc:

 DM> a.out: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically
 DM> linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32,
 DM> BuildID[sha1]=cc265875d07ab2d80e5c0a5c7543eca87a215d5d, not stripped

 DM> And here's one built on the same system using a Windows tool-chain
 DM> (targeting Win32/GUI):

 DM> a.exe: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

 DM> And targeting Win32/console:

 DM> a.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

 DM> So it really is a complete Linux environment inside Windows, not just
 DM> another command shell.

I see..  Interesting that Microsoft is including such an environment and those
tools in Windows.

Nightfox

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