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Re: mno_cygwin gcc 3.2


On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:24:35AM -0800, Shankar Unni wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:44:13AM +0100, Denis Dupeyron wrote:
>>>Is there any reason for -lm to be an alias of -lcygwin ?  I looks
>>>rather confusing.
>>
>>Reason?  Nah, it's all just random guesswork.
>
>Now, now.  :-)
>
>He has a valid question: why is "-lm" an alias to -lcygwin, instead of
>simply being stubbed out with an empty archive?

As I stated in other email, -lm is not an alias for -lcygwin.  Changing
things just to accommodate people who want to use -lm -mno-cygwin is
not a viable option.

cgf

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