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Re: CYGWIN enviroment conflicts with autoconf configure scripts
From: |
Assar Westerlund |
Subject: |
Re: CYGWIN enviroment conflicts with autoconf configure scripts |
Date: |
02 Jun 2003 13:38:05 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
Wayne Scott <address@hidden> writes:
> Unfortunately it is also used as a temporary variable in the autoconf
> script and so as soon as configure resets the CYGWIN variable, it was
> unable to run 'gcc' anymore.
It's only set by the (now obsolete) AC_CYGWIN macro.
> Autoconf needs to be changes to not trash the CYGWIN variable when
> running it's tests. And Cygwin developers need to beware of this
> problem when trying to build programs.
>
> autoconf v2.13
You need to update autoconf and migrate away from obsolete macros.