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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2001 10:36:23 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: 1.3.1: Objective-C not installed.
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In-Reply-To:	<6363-Sat19May2001085745+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>; from starksb@ebi.ac.uk on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 08:57:44AM +0100

On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 08:57:44AM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>On Friday 18 May 01, Christopher Faylor writes:
>> >What can I do to get Objective-C for my installation of Cygwin?
>> 
>> You have to build one yourself.  I don't distribute it with gcc 2.95.3 and
>> have no plans on doing so.
>
>I don't know what the Objective-C compiler is or why people think it
>should be part of Cygwin's gcc-2.95, but I've seen this question come
>up a few times recently.  Should I add it to the FAQ?

Yes, please.

The basic reason it is not included is that I had problems building it
at one point.  I also think that when it was built there were problems
with it.  Objective C is just barely supported in the main distribution,
AFAICT.

cgf

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