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--- Comment #7 from Richard W.M. Jones <[email protected]>  2009-07-27 04:42:08 
EDT ---
> > 1) mingw32-make sets an HOST_CC variable.  This is wrong, since it is 
> > referring
> > to the *build* system and not the *host*, and should not be used for 
> > programs
> > that use an autoconf configure.  The autotools were designed to support a 
> > three
> > system cross (build/host/target); the HOST_CC variable comes probably from 
> > the
> > Linux kernel and you don't care for Windows cross compilation.
> 
> I'm also having doubts whether the HOST_CC variable is really necessary.
> Perhaps Richard can remember the reason why it was there in the first place?

I've never wanted or supported having 'mingw32-make'.  It was
Levente Farkas's idea, and a terrible one at that.  This script
should be removed entirely.

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