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diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin index b90bdad111..d87c99ab13 100644 --- a/README.cygwin +++ b/README.cygwin @@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ more than one interpreter instance. This works with the Cygwin port. =item * C<-Duse64bitint> -I<gcc> supports 64-bit integers. However, several additional long long -functions are necessary to use them within Perl (I<{strtol,strtoul}l>). -These are B<not> yet available with Cygwin. +By default Perl uses 32 bit integers. If you want to use larger 64 +bit integers, define this symbol. If there is trouble, check that +your Cygwin installation is up to date. =item * C<-Duselongdouble> |