Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
X-Apparently-From: <earnie?boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Message-ID: <3AC50129.712959EC@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 16:56:57 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: Earnie Boyd <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: -mno-cygwin
References: <044601c0b929$91291400$0200a8c0 AT lifelesswks> <20010330110640 DOT B12883 AT redhat DOT com> <3AC4C0C3 DOT 6C3DD7F9 AT yahoo DOT com> <20010330133443 DOT A29516 AT redhat DOT com> <3AC4E5F9 DOT E84767B8 AT yahoo DOT com> <20010330153956 DOT C30299 AT redhat DOT com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> The bottom line is that, IMO, if you have to do research to figure out
> the right option to use, then it really doesn't matter all that much
> what the option is called.  Given this, IMO, the one thing that does
> make sense, is to stick with what has historically been used.  For this
> reason, I think that nuking -mno-cygwin is apt to cause more confusion
> than it saves.
> 

I agree with this.  It is one of the reasons I haven't lobbied for a
change.

> cgf
> 
> P.S. Btw, -mcygwin is a valid switch.
> 

I knew this too.

Earnie.

_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com


--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple