Re: wget 1.21.2 config gnulib threadlib.m4 serial 31 enables weak references under Cygwin 64

[Darshit Shah]

Thanks Brian,

This will be automatically included in the newest release when we update the 
gnulib version.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, at 05:19, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Cygwin 64 does not support shared library weak references as no 
> references may be undefined in Windows DLLs.
> Recent gnulib versions (at least 29-31 in bison, wget, and wget2) 
> default Cygwin to gl_cv_have_weak=yes.
> Bruno Haible has applied a patch (referenced below and in the attached) 
> to gnulib threadlib.m4 serial 31, and I have applied a modified version 
> to serial 29:
>
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2021-09/msg00063.html>.
> * m4/threadlib.m4 (gl_WEAK_SYMBOLS): Force a "guessing no" result on Cygwin.
>
> The actual patch is in:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2021-09/msg00068.html
>
> -- 
> Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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> * threadlib-m4-31-cygwin-weak-no.patch