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Re: [PATCH 4/5] Don't build utils/lsaauth when cross compiling.


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@cygwin.com> wrote:
> I really don't see the point of this.  I maintain the pseudo-official cross
> toolchains for Cygwin, and I just remove what is not needed for
> cross-compiling from the DESTDIR after install.  This is also a fairly
> common step when building library packages for cross-compiler toolchains.

The point is to allow building a cross-compiler without a hard
dependency on a existing
mingw cross toolchain.
Without this patch, you cannot successfully compile a cross cygwin
toolchain without a working
mingw cross-compiler.
I'll have a re-worked version at some point that is hopefully more acceptable.

Thanks,

Peter


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