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Subject: Re: RFD: cygwin + *native* MinGW compiler
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Charles Wilson wrote:
> This led to a suggestion that "--build=cygwin --host=mingw32" should
> always be interpreted as: mingw32-gcc is a cygwin-hosted cross compiler,
> NOT the native MinGW-project supported gcc (and if it IS the native
> MinGW one, expect breakage). I'm not sure such a sweeping statement is
> accurate, or wise -- will that assumption break people's exising
> (working) setups?

If you're talking about configure gcc with those flags, then wouldn't
that usually mean that you're cross-compiling a regular, native MinGW
compiler?  If you want a cygwin-hosted MinGW cross-compiler, you should
be using "--build=cygwin --host=cygwin --target=mingw32".  I would be
hesitant to change the usual meaning of build/host just for
Cygwin/MinGW; I don't think we need to add to the confusion that most
people have about Cygwin.


Yaakov
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