On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:30:25AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bj�nnes wrote:
> "Kayvan A. Sylvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:23:00AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bj�nnes wrote:
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Gullik Bj�nnes) writes:
> >>
> >> >
> >> | Then we have to decide on the best way to handle this.
> >> >
> >> | If we just make BOOST_POSIX be set for cygwin, then it works for you.
> >> | But for the next guy using cygwin it will break.
> >> >
> >> | So are there any kindo of configure tests we can use to discover the
> >> | setting of win/posix kind of setup on cygwin?
> >>
> >> The simple solution for now is to just add a configure switch
> >> "--enable-boost-posix" (perhaps with a better name)
> >>
> >> Then we have an easy way to turn this on and off for systems that need
> >> it.
> >
> | Works for me, though I think that having Cygwin default to POSIX enabled
> | is the right thing.
>
> If we only could convince all cygwin users to setup their systems like
> that...
I have done no modifications. This laptop is in fact a pristine setup
with the latest Cygwin, running Cygwin tetex.
I think it's reasonable to default to POSIX enabled for Cygwin.
---Kayvan
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