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Re: Detecting the need for -mwin32 in newer cygwin gcc's
On Mar 8, 2001, "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
> So, by absorbing AC_PROG_GCC_USES_MWIN32, are you helping the GPL half,
> or the proprietary half?
> By refusing to absorb it, are you hurting the proprietary half, or the
> GPL half?
> Both, of course.
> Which is more important?
Autoconf is about portability across multiple platforms. If you
depend on MS-Windows proprietary libraries, there's not much hope for
portability. So, why use autoconf, in the first place?
If you don't depend on MS-Windows proprietary libraries, then there's
no reason for -mwin32.
Or am I missing something about the effects of this new -mwin32 flag?
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