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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
Cc: "6715@debbugs.gnu.org" <6715@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6715: 24.0.50; [PATCH] Cygwin build should use pre-crt0.c
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:39:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yxq7hkjthxm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C4C4C52.9050801@cornell.edu> (Ken Brown's message of "Sun\, 25 Jul 2010 10\:38\:10 -0400")

Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> writes:

> On 7/24/2010 5:34 PM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>> Here's some other cygwin related cleanups:
>>
>> - remove this:
>>
>> #ifdef CYGWIN
>> #define BSD4_2
>> #endif
>>
>> and instead add defined(CYGWIN) in the right place in the only user: vm-limit.c
>
> Done.

Thanks.

>
>>
>> - in configure.in the setting for lastfile.o
>> cygwin is the only platform that uses different linking order.
>> If the "normal" linking order works on cygwin too, it would simplify the build a bit.
>
> No, the "normal" linking order doesn't work on cygwin;
> bootstrap-emacs.exe gets built, but it hangs when trying to byte
> compile the .el files.  What about turning the question around?  Would
> the linking order that works on cygwin also work on other platforms?

It would have to be tested on all platforms, and that's not trivial.

> Or is it safer to just leave this alone?

Most likeley.





      reply	other threads:[~2010-07-25 20:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-23 22:44 bug#6715: 24.0.50; [PATCH] Cygwin build should use pre-crt0.c Ken Brown
2010-07-24  1:23 ` Chong Yidong
2010-07-24  5:13 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-07-24 12:22   ` Ken Brown
2010-07-24 18:48     ` Ken Brown
2010-07-24 20:26       ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-07-24 21:33         ` Ken Brown
2010-07-24 21:34       ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-07-25 14:38         ` Ken Brown
2010-07-25 20:39           ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]

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