Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:49:33PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >cygwin, win32 > >cygwin, nowin32 > >no cygwin (aka mingw32), win32 > >no cygwin, nowin32 > > -mno-cygwin and -mnowin32 is not an allowed combination.

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Robert Collins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:02 AM Subject: Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's > > The only issue is whether to provide that macro in GNU autoconf or let > it evolve separately in the macro archive. I think the latter is a > better approach, at least for now. > Sure. I've got no problems with that. Rob

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 03:15:06PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: >On Mar 8, 2001, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Another problem is the package maintainers (if they exist) will be slow >> to adapt to the new option and we'll be answering this question a lot. >> I'd rather just

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 8, 2001, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another problem is the package maintainers (if they exist) will be slow > to adapt to the new option and we'll be answering this question a lot. > I'd rather just say "Add AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32" to your script than > trying to tel

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 09:23:46AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: >Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> >> On Mar 8, 2001, "Charles S. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > So, by absorbing AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32, are you helping the GPL half, >> > or the proprietary half? >> >> > By refusing to absorb

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 03:47:44AM -0500, Charles S. Wilson wrote: >Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> >> On Mar 7, 2001, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Basically, I think we need something like a AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32. >> >> I have mixed feelings about having this macro in aut

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:49:33PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >cygwin, win32 >cygwin, nowin32 >no cygwin (aka mingw32), win32 >no cygwin, nowin32 -mno-cygwin and -mnowin32 is not an allowed combination. Please, let's not complicate this. The only thing required is a check for -mwin32. I'm no

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 11:49:07PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: >On Mar 7, 2001, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Basically, I think we need something like a AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32. > >I have mixed feelings about having this macro in autoconf. On one >hand, it would be kind o

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Charles S. Wilson
Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > On Mar 8, 2001, "Charles S. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, by absorbing AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32, are you helping the GPL half, > > or the proprietary half? > > > By refusing to absorb it, are you hurting the proprietary half, or the > > GPL half? > > >

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Earnie Boyd
Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > On Mar 8, 2001, "Charles S. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, by absorbing AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32, are you helping the GPL half, > > or the proprietary half? > > > By refusing to absorb it, are you hurting the proprietary half, or the > > GPL half? > > >

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 8, 2001, "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having set the stage above, you can see that squid uses autoconf to > detect what features are available, before trying to compile them in, > and that it is very reasonable for the developers to add fine tuned > support for various co

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Alexandre Oliva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles S. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 8, 2001, "Charles S. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, by absorbing AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32, are you helping the GPL half, > or the proprietary half? > By refusing to absorb it, are you hurting the proprietary half, or the > GPL half? > Both, of course. > Which is more important

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-08 Thread Charles S. Wilson
Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > On Mar 7, 2001, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Basically, I think we need something like a AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32. > > I have mixed feelings about having this macro in autoconf. On one > hand, it would be kind of promoting the use of proprietar

Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's

2001-03-07 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 7, 2001, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basically, I think we need something like a AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32. I have mixed feelings about having this macro in autoconf. On one hand, it would be kind of promoting the use of proprietary software. On the other, I see it wou