Index: configure.in
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--- configure.in	(revision 2522)
+++ configure.in	(working copy)
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@
 case $host in 
   *-cygwin*) 
     is_win32=yes
+    parport_use_ppdev=no
 
     AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([],[return __MINGW32__;]),
       [is_mingw=yes],[is_mingw=no])
@@ -474,6 +475,7 @@
   *-mingw*) 
     is_mingw=yes
     is_win32=yes
+    parport_use_ppdev=no
 
     if test x$parport_use_giveio = xno; then
       AC_MSG_WARN([--disable-parport-giveio is not supported by MinGW32 hosts])