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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 19:30:17 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: Fabrice Gautier <gautier AT email DOT enst DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: glibc cross-compilation: file names problems
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Fabrice Gautier wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've tried to cross compile glibc from cygwin but I ran into some errors.
> 
> i've trackeed the error done to a file name problem:
> Glibc uses *.oS and *.os temporary files during the build (for 's'hared
> and 'S'tatic objects)
> 

This isn't a Cygwin issue.  It is an issue with portability within the
glibc package.

> But with cygwin this files are the same, so things are not going well.
> 
> I think the only solution is to change glibc makefiles, but is this a
> "classic" problem that people run into when trying to port programs to
> cygwin? Is there eventually a way to force Windows to accept two
> filename identical except for the case?
> 

Yes, and while you're at it, if at all possible, submit your changes to
the glibc maintainers.

Earnie.

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