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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:29:19 -0500
From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
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Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> "Charles S. Wilson" wrote:
> > #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
> >
> > To accommodate *bad* ports, cygwin's gcc used to define _WIN32, but that
> > behavior will be dropped soon IIRC.
> 
> Where did you get that piece of information or are you dreaming?
> Although I would wholeheartedly support such a move, I don't think that
> the Cygwin's commercial client list would be that happy about such a
> move.

That was my recollection of comments made on the list several months ago
(perhaps even a far as a year?  Maybe even pre-departure-of-Mumit). 
Basically, that "Eventually we want to do X..." kinda thing.  This
'vague recollection' has been reinforced by several recent emails from
you, Earnie, where you recommended using '-mno-win32'.  I assummed that
was because the change I vaguely recalled would soon go into effect.  

Perhaps I misinterpreted, and your advice about '-mno-win32' was in
response to the defeat of the notion to remove '-D_WIN32' from the
cygwin gcc specs.

--Chuck

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