Cygwin 1.1.2 and usr/i686-pc-cygwin

Chris Faylor cgf@cygnus.com
Thu Jun 8 14:51:00 GMT 2000


On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:18:57AM -0400, Paul Stodghill wrote:
>usr/i686-pc-cygwin is "eliminated" as of 1.1.2. However, the following
>packages all have files in that directory,

It's being "deprecated" not "eliminated".  It will be "eliminated" when all
of the packages that are currently using it disappear.

> binutils-19990818-1.tar.gz
> gcc-2.95.2-1.tar.gz
> gdb-20000415.tar.gz
> termcap-2.tar.gz 
>
>How should we deal with this?

Wait for the packages to be updated?

>I just did a total reinstall, and I chose 'I' (ignore), when prompoted to
>delete usr/i686-pc-cygwin during the installation process. Should this work?

Please check earlier email messages in this mailing list regarding this
very subject.

In general, this is good advice whenever you post anywhere.

cgf

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