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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:30:13 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: make -mno-win32 the gcc default?
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 04:54:26PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >
> >I also like the idea, but am terrified of the torrent of "It worked with
> >gcc-2.95.2 and cygwin beta 1.1 [sic]" complaints.  Also I'm not sure
> >that all of "my" packages are _WIN32 clean.  (For the most part, if they
> >compiled -- I was happy.  I didn't look too closely beyond that.  I know
> >that zlib and libpng are WIN32 clean 'cause I tested them with
> >-mno-win32.  Dunno *for sure* about the rest).
> >
> >> So, is the hue and cry from the lack of WIN32 counterbalanced by potentially
> >> easier UNIX porting?
> >
> >Ummm....yyyyeeessss....I think????
>
> My sentiments exactly.
>
> We could always make a release, see who complained, and then change it back if
> it seemed like a bad idea.
>

I suppose to ease some of the pain we could create a windows.h file for
/usr/include that does appropriate comparisons and issues an #error if  it gets
included without _WIN32 being defined #else include the next windows.h file?

Cheers,
Earnie.


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