Re: [PATCH] similar treatment for CYGWIN and MSYS2

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:18 AM Jannick <thirdedition@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Attached for your consideration a patch such that MSYS2 and CYGWIN are
> > treated the same.
>
> Merged, thank you.
>
> > --- a/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4
> > +++ b/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4
> > @@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ while test $[@%:@] != 1; do
> >           ;;
> >         -lkernel32)
> >           case $host_os in
> > -         *cygwin*) ;;
> > +         *cygwin* | *msys* ) ;;
> >           *) ac_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_libs="$ac_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_libs
> > $ac_arg"
>
> Should we have mingw* here too?

MinGW seems like a bare compiler whereas Cygwin and MSYS provide a 
compiler plus a rather-similar Unix-like run-time environment.

I recommend against it.

Bob
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