Adding MSYS functionality to Cygwin

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

On 2013-06-19 12:57, Warren Young wrote:
>> Not all packages are cross-compiler-compatible.
>
> Is that another way of saying that not all packages use autotools? :)

autotools can certainly make cross-compiling easier than most other 
build systems, but it's not a guarantee either.  For instance, anything 
that requires in-tree compiled executables to run (e.g. AC_RUN_IFELSE 
configure tests, GObject Introspection generation, etc.) requires either 
workarounds, or simply cannot be cross-compiled.

> You're not talking about anything different than the sort of thing
> Cygwin package maintainers go through, sometimes needing to arm-twist
> odd build systems to behave according to cygport's expectations?

I think you mean Cygwin's expectations?


Yaakov


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