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Re: gcc4: next release


On Jul  7 10:49, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 04:43:49PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Ok, that's something I can live with.  I don't understand the notion to
> >keep _WIN32_WINNT at 0x0400 anyway.  The idea of this value is to be set
> >manually if I *don't* want modern functions, but the default should be
> >to allow *all* function so it should be at least set to 0x0601 at
> >present.  I don't see why using w32api should be different from using
> >recent MS headers.  But, never mind, that's not the point of this
> >thread.
> 
> It sorta is if we decide to just go with the mingw64 stuff.

The important question for me is, can Cygwin be built using the w32api
based on the mingw64 sources?

>   I agree with your observations though.

Both projects seem to think that using the LCD is the way to go,
unfortunately.  It's just a different one.


Corinna

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