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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:15:10 -0400
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Subject: Re: Cygport improvements
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On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Christopher Faylor
<cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:14:42AM +0800, JonY wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am planning to bring mingw-w64 to cygwin. Here are some nits I found
>>when working with it.
>>
>>* It sets CC=3Dgcc
>>While not a major issue, it does present some issues when cross
>>compiling the mingw-w64 CRT.
>
> Why would a Cygwin tool worry about mingw? =A0We've already removed mingw
> support from gcc. =A0Why add it to something called "cygport"?
>
>>* Implicitly setting --prefix=3D/usr
>>While I understand this is suitable for native builds, perhaps adding
>>some cross compile logic to disable this?
>
> Ditto. =A0It's intended to make cygwin packages.
>
> I really don't see how making something mingw aware is a topic for
> the cygwin mailing list.
>
> cgf

He's trying to make a cygwin package that consists of a cross compiler
toolchain for targetting 64-bit windows from a cygwin host.  Cygport
puts some obstacles in the way for doing that.  Maybe you could
suggest how to get around his issues?  That'd be a big help if you
could shed some light on the things he mentioned.

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