> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Dessent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:12 PM > To: Weddington, Eric > Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org; Ralf Wildenhues; dju > Subject: Re: Successfull build of gcc 4.2.3 with MinGW 5.13 > in windows XP > > I'm fairly sure it has been implemented like that since the beginning. > > One possible reason why you might need to force cp to be used would be > if you're using Cygwin as a build environment (but with MinGW tools > first in the PATH, i.e. not using Cygwin gcc.) In that case > the Cygwin > 'ln -s' would be used and would create Cygwin symlinks, but the MinGW > tools won't be able to recognise them.
Ah, that's where I remember this issue! I've done exactly that in the past and run into the same problem as the OP. > But the poster said > he was using > MSYS so that doesn't appear to be relevant here. Hmpf. Dunno then. But if the symptoms fit...
