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Re: gcc-2.95/ July 5 snapshot


On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 10:46:49PM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote:
>Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
>> Just to reiterate: Everyone should be building their stuff in a separate
>> directory, i.e., don't build winsup in the same directory as the winsup
>> sources.
>> 
>
>That and the fact that folks should also download the newest newlib
>from the corresponding cygwin-src-1999xxxx.tar.gz file, and not use
>the installed newlib.
>
>I've had 4-5 bug reports from users who've had trouble with the compiler
>side, and all because they downloaded winsup-* packages, and not the
>cygwin-src-* packages. In turn, the build process used the installed
>newlib, which is usually from Cygwin-b20.1 days and quite a bit out of
>step with what winsup expects.
>
>This is what I do: 
>
>- if the latest version comes in cygwin-src-*, get that. Done.
>- if the latest version comes only winsup-*, I get the cygwin-src-*
>  the precedes it, unpack, and replace the winsup with the latest
>  one.
>
>This sound reasonable?

Absolutely.

cgf

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