Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/04/28/14:20:01
Lloyd Wood wrote:
> At Friday 2006-04-28 18:16 +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 28 April 2006 18:04, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>>
>> > At Friday 2006-04-28 17:44 +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> >> On 28 April 2006 17:07, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> At Friday 2006-04-28 11:45 -0400, Williams, Gerald S \(Jerry\) wrote:
>> >>>> If you need to find out what gcc is targeting, perhaps you should
>> use
>> >>>> "-dumpmachine" instead.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> $ gcc -dumpmachine
>> >>>> i686-pc-cygwin
>> >>>> $ gcc -dumpmachine -mno-cygwin
>> >>>> i686-pc-mingw32
>> >>>
>> >>> Having identification behaviour dependent on a cygwin-specific flag
>> >>> like this is.. insane.
>> >>
>> >> When you use -mno-cygwin, you are invoking A DIFFERENT
>> >> compiler. Having the
>> >> *same* identification for two different compilers that target
>> different
>> >> targets would be insane.
>> >
>> > But gee, that's exactly what gcc -v provides. A single identification
>> > for both compilers.
>>
>> <smacks forehead> How many times, for crying out loud? The output
>> of "gcc
>> -v" IS NOT A FORMAL IDENTIFIER OF ANY SORT WHATSOEVER.
>>
>> > Why isn't there a gcc -v -mno-cygwin, then?
>>
>> Because it's still the same compiler package? Because nobody has
>> ever cared
>> about it because nobody has ever been daft enough to attempt to misuse
>> the
>> "gcc -v" output in this way before?
>
> What, reading gcc -v's output using eyes and a screen is misuse?
>
>
>> > It's all positively minging. (Chris: note the usage tip. First g
>> > pronounced as j, so it's unlike any Chinese dynasties or Flash
>> > Gordon's nemesis.)
>>
>> Actually it's minging to rhyme with singing, as anyone who has watched
>> Little Britain or Catherine Tate's show should know.
>
> Ah, that would be the BBC's "received pronunciation" take on the term.
Isn't this thread getting a bit off-topic? Llyod, if you feel there is a
problem here that needs a resolution, may I suggest that you submit a
patch? At least then the discussion could turn from visual and linguistic
aspects of gcc back to technical.
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