[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: mingw64-x86_64-gcc-4.5.1-1

[JonY]

On 9/14/2010 16:03, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep 14 15:30, JonY wrote:
>> On 9/14/2010 15:29, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>> I don't know about Andy, but I sure do -- and I can reproduce his
>>> problem.  I suspect there is a "bug" in how the cross tool locates the
>>> 	/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin
>>> directory, given the mount structure:
>>> 	/usr/bin = /bin
>>> 	/usr/lib = /lib
>>> BUT
>>> 	/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32 != /x86_64-w64-mingw32
>>>
>>> because if I do THIS:
>>> mount -o bind /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32 /x86_64-w64-mingw32
>>>
>>> then
>>>    /bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o foo foo.c
>>> works, just as if I had invoked
>>>    x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o foo foo.c
>>>
>>> I say this is a "bug" in quotes, because...well, I'm not sure it fits
>>> the definition. It's *our* fault we use a wacky mount structure on cygwin...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>
>> So, if /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32 actually exists, it works?
>>
>> This looks bad, nonetheless.
>>
>> Maybe we can fix cygwin by only redirecting known directories like,
>> /usr/bin and /usr/lib to those in /.
>
> Cygwin doesn't redirect any /usr dirs to /.  There are default mount
> points for /usr/bin ->  /bin and /usr/lib ->  lib.  That's all.  The
> problematic path is generated in gcc itself.
>
>
> Corinna
>

What do you suggest the fix should be?

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