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From:	Sam Steingold <sds AT gnu DOT org>
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Date:	Wed, 04 May 2005 12:53:26 -0400
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> * Brian Dessent <oevna AT qrffrag DOT arg> [2005-05-04 03:00:37 -0700]:
>
> -mno-cygwin does not just "make things that doesn't depend on the
> cygwin DLL", it removes Cygwin from the equation entirely.

this is very unfortunate, actually.
things like berkeley-db, postgresql, pcre &c all have a native win32
port, and it it a pity that -mno-cygwin does not use them.

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