Andrej: Dynamic loading on cygwin

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Etc/MACHINES b/Etc/MACHINES
index dafb5cb30..a2f6e595a 100644
--- a/Etc/MACHINES
+++ b/Etc/MACHINES
@@ -30,14 +30,19 @@ Cygnus Solutions: Cygwin on Intel
 	be on a file system mounted as binary (the mount command shows
 	`binmode').
 
-	Dynamic loading does not work (this is automatically detected),
-	though libraries not compiled by default will work (see the file
-	INSTALL for how to add these to the base executable).  In
+	Dynamic loading works as of cygwin-1.1.3 and binutils-20000722-1.
+	It was not tested for earlier versions. This does not imply
+	that every module will work. New completion and in
 	particular zsh/zftp and zsh/mathfunc are known to work.
 
 	Some of the tests in the Test subdirectory are known to fail:
 	this is because the UNIX environment is not completely implemented.
 
+	Cygwin allows mount without existing mount point (e.g.
+	"mount //server/path /usr/src" where /usr/src does not exist).
+	Path completion will fail inside these mounts; make sure that
+	every mount point really exists.
+
 Data General: DG/UX 5.4R3.10 MU01 (various AViiONs)
 	Should build `out-of-the-box'.