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Re: Re: RFC: Cygwin 64 bit?
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 19:51:53 +0200
- Subject: Re: Re: RFC: Cygwin 64 bit?
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On Jul 1 12:57, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> [coming into the discussion late after vacation]
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 09:21:53PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jun 28 12:35, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >> On 2:59 PM, JonY wrote:
> >> >> - What name should the 64 bit DLL have?
> >> >
> >> > I think they should still use the "cyg" prefix, the libtool people was
> >> > against it when I suggested using a new prefix for 64bit mingw.
> >>
> >> Not /this/ libtool person. I would LIKE to be able to distinguish
> >> between 32bit and 64bit DLLs on both cygwin and mingw. I'd support a
> >> change to libtool for cygwin64 DLLs to have an alternate prefix
> >> (cyg64*?), and (if it's not too late, horse/barn situation) I'd also
> >> support a similar change for mingw64.
> >
> >cyg64 sounds like a good idea to me. It would be a good way to allow
> >to reside 64 and 32 bit stuff in the same /bin dir.
>
> I like the cyg64 too but it is, as always a shame that we can't put
> the 32-bit DLLs in /usr/lib32 and 64-bit DLLs in /usr/lib64.
And, while we're at it, I'm still missing an explanation why cyg64 is an
even worse problem than the cyg prefix. The cyg prefix solved a
problem. The cyg64 prefix would solve another problem. Libtool and
other packages will adapt, they did that all the years. Today it seems
like no problem at all to create a package providing shared libs on
Cygwin. Why should that be worse with another prefix for 64 bit Cygwin
DLLs?
Btw., if people don't like the looks of cyg64, I could also live with
some simple cygx, cygxx, xcyg, or so, without a number.
Corinna
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