Re: [boost] [offtopic] cygwin and wchar

Subject: Re: [boost] [offtopic] cygwin and wchar
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-04 04:12:34

>> Hmmm - that's all I did and it worked fine.  I did notice one
>> thing though - it seemed to leave some older version of gcc
>> and libraries on there.  Double check that the older ones
>> aren't being invoked with gcc -v
>
> Ah, I had to install the gcc4 package. It installs side-by-side with the
> earlier gcc package, which is gcc3.
>
> I wonder if it's a good idea for the cygwin toolset to just assume that
> wchar support is present, when really it's only present if the user has
> selected gcc4.

Almost certainly not, but I haven't had a chance to look into or test that 
change yet, so if Beman and yourself can work out something better between 
you, that would be great!

John.