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Earnie Boyd wrote: > If any library that is downloaded from the Cygwin official site also has > MinGW libraries then those libraries should go into /usr/lib/mingw/. I don't think this will happen -- Chris seems opposed to increasing the size of "standard cygwin" packages by including mingw libs/binaries that most cygwin users won't use. (And the truth is, I don't particularly WANT to do extra work packing up my cygwin ports of various libs... :-) > Libraries not on the official site that also include MinGW libraries > should go into the /usr/local/lib/mingw/ directory. GCC-2.95.2-9 has > been renovated to fit this model. How has -9 been renovated? Does it include /usr/local/lib/mingw as a system directory when -mno-cygwin? Next, what about dll's -- should they go into /usr/local/bin/mingw or just /usr/local/bin (for $PATH reasons; also, recall that cygwin dll's are prefixed by 'cyg' and mingw libs are not.)? Finally, includes -- /usr/local/include/mingw? > Now, if the library package also contains binaries, such as the gettext > library package; IMO, the MinGW binaries should *not* be distributed in > the Cygwin package unless you distribute a different package for the > MinGW specific libraries. If that is the case, the current MinGW > standard is to --prefix=/mingw when configuring the package. I package > the tarball at the bottom most level so that it contains only the base > level directories. However, IMO MinGW specific packages should not be > distributed from the Cygwin net distribution. agreed. --Chuck
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