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From: Erik Hensema <erik DOT hensema AT group2000 DOT nl>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: RE: Conflict CYGWIN-autoconf(2.13)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:02:36 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Henningsen [mailto:kai AT cats DOT ms]
>
> Just seen in the autoconf 2.13 documentation:
> 
> 
>  - Macro: AC_CYGWIN
>      Checks for the Cygwin environment.  If present, sets shell 
> variable
>      `CYGWIN' to `yes'.  If not present, sets `CYGWIN' to the empty
>      string.
> 
> 
> This obviously conflicts with using CYGWIN to control cygwin1.dll 
> options.

I guess the autoconf people included this to make autoconf Cygwin aware.
While this is true, it also breaks Cygwin ;-) Report this as a bug to the
autoconf people. The variable should be renamed to something else, let me
think..... hmmmm.... CYGWIN_DLL?

> 

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