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On Nov 13 17:28, XXXXXXXXXXX AT XXXXXXX DOT XXX wrote:
> Thanks for replying... I saw your earlier posts about the subject.  Before I say yes, might you tell me what limitations there are in Cygwin that would make this terribly difficult?

You mean, besides of the limitation having to work on Windows?  Nothing
I'm aware of.

> Also, what do folks do with code that requires the header?  Just rewrite their code?

I assume they do what everybody has to do when porting applications
between platforms.  Use what's available on the new platform.  That's
the idea behind autoconf and friends, for instance.


Corinna

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