Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Dave Korn
Edward Lam wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> >>> 2. Use 'cygpath' to convert from DOS to Cygwin path forms and back as >>> needed. This can get tricky/cumbersome in some cases. >> >> It can be a lot easier if you have a Makefile-based build system, where >> you can

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Edward Lam
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: Dave Korn wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: 2. Use 'cygpath' to convert from DOS to Cygwin path forms and back as needed. This can get tricky/cumbersome in some cases. It can be a lot easier if yo

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >Dave Korn wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> >>> 2. Use 'cygpath' to convert from DOS to Cygwin path forms and back as >>> needed. This can get tricky/cumbersome in some cases. >> >> It can be a lot easier if you have a M

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Edward Lam
Dave Korn wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: 2. Use 'cygpath' to convert from DOS to Cygwin path forms and back as needed. This can get tricky/cumbersome in some cases. It can be a lot easier if you have a Makefile-based build system, where you can do the conversion on things that yo

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Dave Korn
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > 2. Use 'cygpath' to convert from DOS to Cygwin path forms and back as > needed. This can get tricky/cumbersome in some cases. It can be a lot easier if you have a Makefile-based build system, where you can do the conversion on things that you know need conve

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Vincent R. wrote: On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:38:10 +0200, "Vincent R." wrote: On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:18 +0200, "Vincent R." wrote: Hi, I know that my question could be a bit astonishing but I am not afraid to ask it ;-) I am trying to compile a software for symbian platform and originally

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Vincent R.
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:38:10 +0200, "Vincent R." wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:18 +0200, "Vincent R." > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I know that my question could be a bit astonishing but I am not afraid to >> ask it ;-) >> I am trying to compile a software for symbian platform and originally > they

Re: weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Vincent R.
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:18 +0200, "Vincent R." wrote: > Hi, > > I know that my question could be a bit astonishing but I am not afraid to > ask it ;-) > I am trying to compile a software for symbian platform and originally they > have released a SDK on windows > linked with mingw and where you

weird feature

2009-06-22 Thread Vincent R.
Hi, I know that my question could be a bit astonishing but I am not afraid to ask it ;-) I am trying to compile a software for symbian platform and originally they have released a SDK on windows linked with mingw and where you use a DOS terminal to compile. They have designed some build system mi

Re: Perl ldflags - packaging bug, upstream bug, or weird feature?

2005-10-04 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
from - I'm hoping someone can tell me whether the presence of those harmful -L/usr/local/lib options is a packaging bug, an upstream bug, or a weird feature. It is a default option. I see that this is not the best for maintainers. As a workaround you may patch your perlld wrapper.

Perl ldflags - packaging bug, upstream bug, or weird feature?

2005-10-03 Thread Max Bowsher
ul -L/usr/local/lib options is a packaging bug, an upstream bug, or a weird feature. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/