X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <20070131131337.GA17256@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <45C0971E.4080305@byu.net> <20070131132700.GA3478@implementation.labri.fr> <20070131133102.GA17405@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20070131134842.GU27843@calimero.vinschen.de> Subject: RE: Eliminating -mno-cygwin from gcc? Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:52:42 -0000 Message-ID: <050901c74547$76f60e20$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20070131134842.GU27843@calimero.vinschen.de> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 31 January 2007 13:49, Corinna Vinschen wrote: [yep, ntsec, haven't forgotten. sorry for slowness!] > On Jan 31 08:31, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 02:27:00PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> Eric Blake, le Wed 31 Jan 2007 06:18:22 -0700, a ?crit : >>>> I would much rather call the cross-compiler i686-mingw-gcc than the >>>> current name of 'gcc -mno-cygwin'. >>> >>> Same for me. >> >> Thinking about this some more, it seems like we'd need a real >> cygwin-based mingw cross compiler rather than a wrapped mingw compiler >> since otherwise there would be path and signal issues. > > While I agree with the general idea, I have to add the obligatory hint > that there are many projects out there which build environment requires > `gcc -mno-cygwin' to work. All of them will break with at least 50% of > the lost user base asking on the Cygwin list for help. > > So I'm wondering if we are not better off with sticking to the > `gcc -mno-cygwin' interface, regardless how this is implemented under > the hood. My preference would be to keep it and fix the one-or-two minor bugs in the way it sets up the include/lib search paths. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/