Which is it -pc- or -unknown-

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On 2017-10-19 18:21, Brian Inglis wrote:
> I think the OP's problem is he knows no way to override the default and use only
> the standard ./configure && make build approach.

Which works just fine btw, so there's no need to override it.

> The OP could take a build config.cache and save it in /etc/config.cache, change
> all -unknown-cygwin to -pc-cygwin, then create a shell script /etc/config.site
> like: [snip]

None of this is necessary.

> Or he could use cygport with the Cygwin source packages.

And as much as I'd recommend it, it's not strictly necessary for sources
that one is building for themselves.  Even cygport only specifies
--build and --host when cross-compiling, not normally.

-- 
Yaakov

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 228 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20171019/acb1191b/attachment.sig>