> > Peter Rosin skrev: > > Hi Markus, > > <snip> > > Hold on! Since parity is using a $host matching *winnt*, this patch > doesn't > affect parity at all.
Yeah, right, i oversaw that :) > > > BTW, did you file a copyright assignment? Sure, now 2 years ago, or so... Cheers, Markus > > > >>>> I'm thinking of two problem cases: > >>>> - could be someone would like to use cccl with GNU binutils ld > >> > >> I guess neither cccl nor parity will work with GNU ld right now, > BUT: > >> M$ own > >> cc and cc89 scripts (which are used by M$ to build nearly the whole > >> system > >> with MSVC as backend) use GNU ld, maybe those aren't too important, > since > >> not many people except M$ use it, but still ... > > > > This is exactly my point, the only thing that currently works with > libtool > > and gnu ld is gcc (at least I think so). > > I.e. for these cases: > > case $host_os in > cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*) > > > So, why make exceptions at > this > > time for something that doesn't work anyway? It can be added when (if > ever) > > all the other bits needed for cross toolchain support are added. > > > > Regarding cc and cc89, that would be with interix as host, so not > affected > > by this. Right? > > Cheers, > Peter >