Re: [AD] Patch for makefile issue when compiling MSVC with Cygwin

[Andrei Ellman <ae-a-alleg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Milan Mimica wrote:
> Andrei Ellman wrote:
> > The only thing I have my doubts about is using "ifeq ($(TERM), cygwin)" 
> > to test to see if ALLEGRO_USE_CYGWIN should be set. In 
> > build/mingw32.txt, it tells the user to place "export 
> > ALLEGRO_USE_CYGWIN=1" in '/etc/profile'. In the interests of 
> > consistency, I think we should mention this in build/msvc.txt as well so 
> > we don't have to bother with ifeq ($(TERM), cygwin)
>
> We can put the "ifeq ($(TERM), cygwin)" thing in makefile.mgw too. 
> Having things done automatically for the user is a good thing.


But that would mean that all the various existing makefiles for other 
projects and add-ons that rely on ALLEGRO_USE_CYGWIN being set in the 
profile would have to be changed as well.

AE.