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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Jon Leichter" <jon AT symas DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Compiling apps to Mingw32 with cygwin
Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:27:24 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Leichter" <jon AT symas DOT com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: Compiling apps to Mingw32 with cygwin


> Ok. I need to return to asking some questions with my new
understanding
> of --build, --host, and --target (which I'm incredibly grateful for
and
> happy about).
>
> I have returned to working with OpenLDAP. The configure script is
generated
> with autconf-2.13.1. It uses AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM, which you say is
> deprecated. I assume, however, that it still works to some extent.
>
> I tried to configure with the following:
>
> $ ./configure --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-mingw32
>
> I've left --target off, since I know it will get the value of --host,
which
> is what I want. It does.
>
> First, some questions:
>
> - What is correct: i386-pc-mingw32 or i686-pc-mingw32? If one is
correct,
> why? If both are correct, how does one decide which one to use?
>
> - I notice that if I merely use --host=mingw32, config.guess will
equate
> "mingw32" as "i386-unknown-mingw32". Why?
>
> - Is there a plan to get "32" from "mingw32", i.e. "mingw"? Of course,
that
> won't be useful with old projects that still need the "32" to be
present...
> :(
>
> ===
>
> Now my results:
>
> - I never see configure look for i686-pc-mingw32-gcc. It merely picks
up
> 'gcc'. Any ideas why?

Do you have an accessible i686-pc-mingw32-gcc ?

have a look at the configure script - it may provide some clues :}.

Rob


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