bug#50666: 28.0.50; Fix native compilation on Cygwin

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: Stromeko@nexgo.de, 50666@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 10:27:27 -0400
> 
> > I don't think I understand: rebased and added how? manually?
> 
> No, by a script that Cygwin would have to create and that Emacs would call.  
> We 
> already have scripts that do system-wide rebasing (and that are run 
> automatically, without user intervention).  The question would be how to 
> extend 
> this to per-user rebasing.  Achim and I have just begun discussing this on 
> the 
> Cygwin mailing lists (currently the cygwin-apps list).  I think it's doable 
> with 
> some effort.
> 
> In the meantime, is it OK if I install my patch to enable building with 
> native 
> compilation?  That would simplify experimentation.

Yes, it's okay to install that, but it's a band-aid at best, and we'd
like to have the complete solution in Emacs before we release v28.1.
Is that feasible?

Thanks.