gcc4: next release (Dave Korn we need you)

Yaakov (Cygwin/X) yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net
Wed Jul 7 16:16:00 GMT 2010


On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 11:33 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >Here's my question, though: given the incompatibilities mentioned, would
> >a cygwin1.dll built with i686-w64-cygwin (mingw-w64) toolchain be 100%
> >compatible with current and past releases built with i686-pc-cygwin
> >(mingw.org) toolchain?  If not, then we need both.
> 
> Is someone talking about a i686-w64-cygwin compiler?  I thought this was
> entirely mingw.

You are correct; all these triplets are making my head spin.  Let me
rephrase:

Given the incompatibilities mentioned, would a cygwin1.dll built with
i686-w64-mingw32 (mingw-w64 32bit) toolchain be 100% compatible with
current and past releases built with i686-pc-mingw32 (mingw.org)
toolchain?  If not, then we need both.


Yaakov




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