gcc -mno-cygwin finds the wrong include files

Chris Jefferson caj@cs.york.ac.uk
Thu Apr 15 18:33:00 GMT 2004


Volker Quetschke wrote:

> Hi, could someone please confirm that this is a bug, and not a
> problem that exists only on this computer.
>
> Thanks
>
>        Volker
>
> Volker Quetschke wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> when I use the following command gcc finds the wrong include
>> file.
>>
>> $ echo "#include <stddef.h>" | gcc -mno-cygwin -E -
>> # 1 "<stdin>"
>> # 1 "<built-in>"
>> # 1 "<command line>"
>> # 1 "<stdin>"
>> # 1 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 1 3 4
>> # 158 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 3 4
>> typedef int ptrdiff_t;
>> # 220 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 3 4
>> typedef unsigned int size_t;
>> # 332 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 3 4
>> typedef short unsigned int wchar_t;
>> # 2 "<stdin>" 2
>>
>> Instead of i686-pc-cygwin there should be i686-pc-mingw32.
>>
>> This looks OK:
>> $ gcc -mno-cygwin -print-search-dirs
>> install: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/
>> programs: 
>> =/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/bin/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ 
>>
>> libraries: 
>> =/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/lib/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../:/lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/lib/:/usr/lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/ 
>>
>
I have just performed a clean install of cygwin after cleanly 
reinstalling my laptop. I thought I would take the opportunity therefore 
to test this. Interseting results!

$ echo "#include <stddef.h>" | gcc -mno-cygwin -E -
# 1 "<stdin>"
# 1 "<built-in>"
# 1 "<command line>"
# 1 "<stdin>"
# 1 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 1 3 4
# 158 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 3 4
typedef int ptrdiff_t;
# 220 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 3 4
typedef unsigned int size_t;
# 332 "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/include/stddef.h" 3 4
typedef short unsigned int wchar_t;
# 2 "<stdin>" 2

So I'm picking up i686-pc-cygwin

But...

$ gcc -mno-cygwin -print-search-dirs
install: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/
programs: 
=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-ming
w32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/
:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../.
./i686-pc-mingw32/bin/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.
3.1/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/bin/
libraries: 
=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32
/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/lib/i
686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i686-pc
-mingw32/lib/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../i686-pc-mingw32/3.
3.1/:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../:/lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1
/:/lib/:/usr/lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/:/usr/lib/

I'm picking up mingw32 here.... strange!

Cygcheck attached..





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