X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:24:31 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygport improvements Message-ID: <20100626042431.GF28534@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4C256292 DOT 1060907 AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> <20100626040511 DOT GE28534 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:15:10AM -0400, NightStrike wrote: >On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Christopher Faylor > 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=gcc >>>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? ?We've already removed mingw >> support from gcc. ?Why add it to something called "cygport"? >> >>>* Implicitly setting --prefix=/usr >>>While I understand this is suitable for native builds, perhaps adding >>>some cross compile logic to disable this? >> >> Ditto. ?It's intended to make cygwin packages. >> >> I really don't see how making something mingw aware is a topic for >> the cygwin mailing list. > >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. If it's a cross-compiler then it should be installed in /usr. It sure sounds like you're trying to use cygport for something that it was not intended for. But I don't support cygport so I am not going to shed any light on anything. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple