Re: Fix for 687461, C stack overflow quetly quits

Russell Lang wrote:

>>Catch and report C stack overflow. By default the MSVC program just
>>silently dies.
>>Fix bug 687461
> 
> This code may need to be wrapped in #ifdef _MSC_VER to allow GS to be 
> compiled with C++Builder or cygwin.  C++Builder should work but 
> probably hasn't been tested recently.
I'll check the freeware Borland C++ 5.5.1 compiler whether
- it needs the patch
- it can compile the patch

> A cygwin build is still 
> outstanding as an item on bugs.ghostscript.com.

I don't understand how Cygwin is related to this patch.
Cygwin is a UN*X and compiles different files.
Do we somehow build Win32 version using GCC ?

Regards,
Alex