Hartmut Birr wrote:
Currently, msys is the only way to use all cpus or cores for the build process on windows.
Not correct, www.volny.cz/xnavara/mingw32-make.hyp.exe.bin (or www.volny.cz/xnavara/mingw32-make.exe, not sure which binary is the right one).
mingw32-make can use multiple cpus or cores, if sh.exe is found on the path
I have written a patch to allow it to work with cmd.exe too. It currently sits in patch limbo while the GNU Make team finds [the time to care enough to find] a good enough way to make it handle the Windows 95 family gracefully. Here: