Subject: Re: CYGWIN enviroment conflicts with autoconf configure scripts
From: Assar Westerlund <[email-masked]>
To: Wayne Scott <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: 02 Jun 2003 13:38:05 -0400

Wayne Scott <[email-masked]> writes:
> Unfortunately it is also used as a temporary variable in the autoconf
> script and so as soon as configure resets the CYGWIN variable, it was
> unable to run 'gcc' anymore.

It's only set by the (now obsolete) AC_CYGWIN macro.

> Autoconf needs to be changes to not trash the CYGWIN variable when
> running it's tests.  And Cygwin developers need to beware of this
> problem when trying to build programs.
>
> autoconf v2.13

You need to update autoconf and migrate away from obsolete macros.

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