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Eric Backus wrote:
> Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please <at> cygwin.com> writes:

>>> which would put all the confusion to rest.
>> Big DITTO.  As Dave said, the option is already gone...
> 
> Moving to a better solution is great!  But isn't it customary to have some 
> overlap period where the deprecated solution still works (but with ugly 
> warnings) while the new solution is available?

  gcc-3 -mno-cygwin still works just as well (or badly!) as it ever has done,
and will be retained for ever.

  gcc-4 series releases will not support it at all.  As the whole thing is
(still) experimental and explicitly warned to be unstable I don't see the need
to go for a deprecation period.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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