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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:14:28 +0300
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
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Subject: Re: string.h vs string.h usage
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Hi!

Wednesday, 05 December, 2001 Pavel Tsekov ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com wrote:

PT> I want to say that I didnt mean to start a 
PT> general string.h vs string.h discussion (flame).
PT> I want to discuss the setup.exe and mingw case.
PT> strings.h works in winsup environment build,
PT> but not virgin mingw. That's my point. So 
PT> should this be changed ?

these two issues are _closely_ related. i don't mean to flame either.

i can see 3 ways to fix the problem you've mentioned.

1) change cygwin gcc so that it doesn't look into non-/mingw/
directories when doing headers search.
2) add empty <strings.h> in /usr/include/mingw/
3) change the application code.

the second way seems preferable to me.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19