Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2000/12/20/22:46:56
--- Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:48:41PM -0800, Sammartino, Ryan wrote:
> >If you look at a slightly larger slice of the code
> >than diff -c provides, you'll see that this whole thing
> >is wrapped in a "#ifdef GCC_IS_NATIVE" directive, which is
> >set near the top of default.c:
> >
> >/* Define GCC_IS_NATIVE if gcc is the native development environment on
> > your system (gcc/bison/flex vs cc/yacc/lex). */
> >/* CYGNUS LOCAL: or __CYGWIN__ */
> >#if defined(__MSDOS__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
> >#define GCC_IS_NATIVE
> >#endif
> >
> >
> >so it does seem to be a "cygnus only" thing.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand your logic. If GCC_IS_NATIVE, surely g++
> either be the default c++ compiler or someone had a reason for not
> making that the case. AFAICT, you are modifying a section of make that
> is untouched by Cygnus/Red Hat. It's under the control of a define
> which can be set in non-Cygwin conditions. Roland McGrath obviously had
> a reason for doing this. If it was wrong, then the make maintainer
> (psmith AT gnu DOT org) should apprised of that fact.
>
And possibly the correct solution is to remove the `|| defined(__CYGWIN__)' in
this instance. The probable case here is that back in version x a patch was
submitted that took effect in version y so that there is no Cygwin specific
change anymore. It would be a Cygwin package maintainers job to see that such
code patches are submitted back to the source maintainer.
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
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