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Subject: Re: Update config.guess to treat cygwin 1.7 as new system name
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According to Ben Elliston on 4/27/2009 12:47 AM:
>> The upcoming Cygwin 1.7.0 release adds so many APIs and improves so
>> much functionality that it probably deserves a separate designation
>> in config.guess.  For reference, notice the size of the most recent
>> beta announcement:
>> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2009-02/msg00018.html
> 
> For consistency with other system triplets that append their version
> number, could we emit the version number unconditionally for all
> Cygwin systems? (eg. i686-pc-cygwin1.5)?

That would be fine with me.  Properly written scripts already use cygwin*
as the case for detecting cygwin in general.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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