tiny winsup config patch

DJ Delorie dj@delorie.com
Tue Feb 16 06:20:00 GMT 1999


> Why would we use the installed cross-compiler's headers?

Because gcc may pick up <stdio.h> there by default when we build, say,
mount.exe

> If someone has winsup installed without newlib then this will just
> work.

If someone has winsup installed without newlib, they can't build
cygwin1.dll - can they?

> If they don't then they should keep everything up to date.
> ../newlib/lib[cm].a should be up to date with respect to the
> headers.

That *is* the problem.


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