On 2/26/2016 01:44, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > JonY, > > It has been brought to my attention that /usr/lib/w32api is now taking > precedence over /usr/lib, which is a result of this commit: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc?view=revision&revision=227962 > https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/c1b7008c95f97dd7c11997e7be7be7b58d113db0 > > > This is incorrect, and results in the unfortunately-named w32api > libuuid.a being found instead of the completely unrelated *NIX libuuid > (which is what *NIX software expects to find). > > Linking from /usr/lib/w32api is handled in binutils, and this is the fix > that my cygwin cross-toolchains are using to support sysroots: > > https://github.com/cygwinports/cygwin32-binutils/blob/master/01-w32api-sysroot.patch > > > Please revert r227962. > Ok, I'll do a new release soon.