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Re: Broken ProgramTargetName () when !CrossCompiling


I've removed that line now. Let's hope someone can fix the other part of
the problem.

Alan.

On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 04:16:12PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> Right, I'm doing a 'make World' too.
> 
> I'm just saying that I think wrapping ProgramTargetName in #if
> CrossCompiling is causing more problems than it solves.  I think the real
> solution is more complex, and we'd better just wait until we can fix it
> properly, rather than changing the documentation, fixing the problem, then
> changing the documentation back.  (Cause I've got extremely limited time
> these days)
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:12 PM
> > To: Harold Hunt
> > Cc: cygx
> > Subject: Re: Broken ProgramTargetName () when !CrossCompiling
> >
> >
> > I'm doing a 'make World' now.
> >
> > It wasn't just xmkmf, I remember that xc/programs/xinit was
> > involved too and
> > there maybe others. I'll let you know when the build is complete.
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 03:21:20PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > > Alan,
> > >
> > > Hold on, I thought we established that xmkmf was not an
> > executable, it was
> > > just a shell script, right?
> > >
> > > So, the makefile is broken because it tries to build xmkmf, not
> > because it
> > > is appending any or too many .exe's, right?
> > >
> > > Harold
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Alan
> > > > Hourihane
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:31 PM
> > > > To: Harold Hunt
> > > > Cc: cygx
> > > > Subject: Re: Broken ProgramTargetName () when !CrossCompiling
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:19:32PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > > > > > Don't you remember this thread about how xc/config/util is
> > > > appending too
> > > > > > many .exes - things are becoming 'xmkmf.exe.exe' etc ?
> > > > >
> > > > > I remember that, and I remember thinking that the real solution
> > > > was to fix
> > > > > the particular IMakefile involved by removing the extra
> > > > ProgramTargetName
> > > > > ().
> > > > >
> > > > Submit a patch in the usual way....
> > > >
> > > > Alan.


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