Subject: RE: Geomview & Cygwin setup
From: "Dave Korn" <[email-masked]>
To: "'Lloyd Wood'" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:16:34 +0100

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?

  [  This space intentionally left blank for L.Wood to explain why "gcc -v"
ought to be a formal identifier and why everyone else in the world should
change things round so we can do it all his way.  ]

> 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.

  [  This space intentionally left blank for L.Wood to insist that everyone
should pronounce words the way that /he/ does.  ]

    cheers,
      DaveK
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