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Re: ITA: gcc-mingw-* gcc-3 -mno-cygwin support packages; ITP: mingw-binutils/mingw-gcc-* cross compiler
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:41:57 -0500
- Subject: Re: ITA: gcc-mingw-* gcc-3 -mno-cygwin support packages; ITP: mingw-binutils/mingw-gcc-* cross compiler
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 04:46:01PM -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 12:01 -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> cgf, any progress on creating a wrapper for mingw-binutils? If it's
>> turning out to be difficult, could we go ahead with a "real"
>> cross-configured mingw-binutils, and then maybe later update it with one
>> that installs simple wrapper .exe's that munge argv[] and exec the
>> cygwin binaries?
>
>cgf,
>
>I ask you to remove your objection and allow Chuck to proceed with his
>mingw-binutils package. I know these would seem to be "identical" to
>the native binutils, but the mingw- version has the hardcoded sysroot
>which is necessary for a proper mingw-gcc.
>
>Attempting to use wrapper scripts on top of cygwin binutils would be,
>just like gcc -mno-cygwin was, the sort of fragile setup that I thought
>we were trying to move away from. Treating mingw-* as a cross-compiling
>environment just like any other is the much more reliable choice, even
>if a little duplication is required.
Sorry. I disagree.
I am working on this slowly. I'd hoped to have things working over the
Christmas break but didn't hit that goal.
cgf