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Re: [PATCH] Makefile: update defaults for modern Cygwin

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 5, 2010, 14:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20100405143053.GA13093@progeny.tock>
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<4BB9E24E.4090206@redhat.com>
Eric Blake wrote:
> Cygwin 1.6 is on par with 1.5 feature-wise, so your cutoff of 1.6 as the
> last old version is correct.
Thanks for explaining.
> ifeq ($(shell case '$(uname_R)' in (1.[1-6].*) echo old;; esac),old)
Looks good to me.

While I have your attention, do you know of a simple way to test Cygwin programs under Linux? setup.exe does not work well under wine, so I am asking mostly in the hope that there is a .tar.gz or .zip binary distribution somewhere I could play with.

Thanks, Jonathan

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  1. Makefile: update defaults for modern CygwinEric Blake, Apr 1, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2010
  3. Eric BlakeApr 2, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederApr 3, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2010
  6. Teach mailinfo %< as an alternative scissors markJonathan Nieder, Apr 3, 2010
  7. Eric BlakeApr 5, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2010
  9. Eric BlakeApr 5, 2010
  10. Makefile: avoid a fork in Cygwin version checkJonathan Nieder, Apr 5, 2010
  11. Andreas SchwabApr 5, 2010

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