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To: Wayne Scott <wscott AT bitmover DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, autoconf AT gnu DOT org
Subject: Re: CYGWIN enviroment conflicts with autoconf configure scripts
References: <20030602 DOT 112134 DOT 56958549 DOT wscott AT bitmover DOT com>
From: Assar Westerlund <assar AT kth DOT se>
Date: 02 Jun 2003 13:38:05 -0400
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Wayne Scott <wscott AT bitmover DOT com> writes:
> Unfortunately it is also used as a temporary variable in the autoconf
> script and so as soon as configure resets the CYGWIN variable, it was
> unable to run 'gcc' anymore.

It's only set by the (now obsolete) AC_CYGWIN macro.

> Autoconf needs to be changes to not trash the CYGWIN variable when
> running it's tests.  And Cygwin developers need to beware of this
> problem when trying to build programs.
>
> autoconf v2.13

You need to update autoconf and migrate away from obsolete macros.

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