[BuildTools] Soooo slow

[kmartin]

Hi Andreas, Lou, and Ted:


> 
>>On my machine, Cygwin is just SOOOOO slow, I believe because  of some
>>security settings (virus checker?)...  That's why I hate to look at the
>>Cygwin configuration ;)
> 
> 
> 	My experience says you're right about this.  When I turn off the
> on-access scan on my antivirus, things go better. Not much (:-) but every bit 
> helps.
> 

Help me out here. Why are you guys using Cygwin? It always seems to
cause so much trouble with BuildTools and other Coin projects. I find it
so much easier to work with Linux or Mac OS X. Then, when I need to
build a binary for Windows I use the Visual Studio cl compiler (which is
free) and Msys.  It seems like people spend a PHENOMENAL number of hours
trying to get Cygwin to work. Is the only reason to have access to a
Fortran compiler? I guess if you want to build Ipopt in the Windows
world Cygwin is necessary unless you want to spend big bucks on a
non-gcc FORTRAN compiler.

Cheers,


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