Subject: bug#6715: 24.0.50; [PATCH] Cygwin build should use pre-crt0.c

From: Ken Brown <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:38:10 -0400

On 7/24/2010 5:34 PM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Here's some other cygwin related cleanups:
>
> - remove this:
>
> #ifdef CYGWIN
> #define BSD4_2
> #endif
>
> and instead add defined(CYGWIN) in the right place in the only user: vm-limit.c

Done.

>
> - in configure.in the setting for lastfile.o
> cygwin is the only platform that uses different linking order.
> If the "normal" linking order works on cygwin too, it would simplify the build a bit.

No, the "normal" linking order doesn't work on cygwin; 
bootstrap-emacs.exe gets built, but it hangs when trying to byte compile 
the .el files.  What about turning the question around?  Would the 
linking order that works on cygwin also work on other platforms?  Or is 
it safer to just leave this alone?

Ken