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Subject: RE: Request for information on the __INSIDE_CYGWIN__ #define
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:26:33 -0000
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On 15 November 2007 08:38, Sean Seefried wrote:

> My question centers around the __INSIDE_CYGWIN__ #define.

> However, try as I might, I simply cannot find a single place where it
> is defined.  

> a) How does this symbol get #defined?

  It is defined when building the cygwin dll from source, and the definitions
it protects should only be used by the cygwin1 dll; they will not make sense
in the cygwin posix environment itself.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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