Question about gcc-mingw package renaming

[Gary R. Van Sickle]

> I agree with Chris here.  IMO, gcc-mingw is a cross-compiler targeting the
> "mingw architecture".  I have seen packages on Linux named "gcc-<arch>",
> so I think gcc-mingw is more appropriate (where "gcc" alone assumes
> "gcc-cygwin", or even "gcc-i686-pc-cygwin").

Well, when you build gcc, binutils, et al as a cross compiler, the binaries you
get are named eg <arch>-gcc, <arch>-ld, etc.  Of course a binary name is not
necessarily a package name.  FWIW.

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Gary R. Van Sickle