X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49C07781.1090702@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:24:33 +0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: under cygwin, zsh cannot run when built against ncurses9-5.7-13 References: <20a807210903131414g62e0a53cyefd3938c3fe8af33@mail.gmail.com> <49BADAC1.80709@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <49BF1770.9020007@gmail.com> <49C00B83.8050302@gmail.com> <20090317222721.GB1505@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20090317222721.GB1505@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Christopher Faylor wrote: >> I don't know what it's all about yet, but as far as I can tell, they aren't >> suitable for use outside the actual build system itself and should probably >> not need to be installed. It would probably be better if they were replaced >> by symlinks to libcygwin.a, as is done for libg.a. > > Sheesh. Do you honestly think I would have gone to the effort of > creating these libraries when a simple symlink would suffice? Do you > really think I don't know about symlinks? Uh, why do you think I have any idea who wrote what code or how much historical cruft there might or might not be in the makefile? When I'm looking at stuff with a lot of legacy behind it I try not to make assumptions about what is deliberate and what accidental except in the most blindingly obvious cases. I assume it's deliberate that the Makefile builds libc and libm and uses them in linking the DLL. I don't assume it's necessarily deliberate that they get installed. I have seen examples in the past of auto* based makefiles that installed more than they should have done solely by accident of history and evolution. So what are libc.a and libm.a for? cheers, DaveK -- 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/