A quick note on <newlib.h>

Christopher Faylor cgf@redhat.com
Wed Aug 28 19:13:00 GMT 2002


On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 08:31:22PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>This is one of the reasons that I'm getting sick of our dependency on
>newlib.  I've asked that cygwin be taken into account when making
>changes like this but, the last I heard, the newlib guys were stalled
>trying to accommodate my request since the two year old gcc cross
>compiler that they insist on using is no longer able to build cygwin.

Actually, it's apparent that this isn't true and I am guilty of spreading
misinformation.  Sorry about that.

They actually did check cygwin.  They built it by running make from the
top level, though, and that would work since it adds the newlib build
directory to the include path.  So, the newlib guys are actually going
above and beyond when they make changes.

Just wanted to set the record straight.

cgf



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