On 3/20/08, whatis neveritis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/20/08, whatis neveritis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Honestly, can you just use the cross compilers? They work great. > > [...] > > > I'm guessing I need to download it from somewhere. > > > > Yup. In the download area, I build 5 toolchains, hosted on these systems: > > > > Linux32 > > Linux64 > > Win32 > > Win64 > > Cygwin32 > > > > Pick your poison. You should be able to run the Win32 one (look for > > i686-mingw) on a Win64 host. It'll run it in the WoW simulator. I > > personally use the Linux64 cross compiler for all of my work, so its > > kept most up to date. > > > > Just to be sure, are we talking about the download section for MinGW-w64 > "Complete toolchain snapshot"? It seems you're referring to > "mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw_20080116", which I've downloaded > and tested right away. > > First off I get a message from winrar telling me the symbolic links are > broken.
I forgot to tar it with "-h". Sorry. > Secondly I notice the files have long prefixes in the c:\mingw\bin > directory, for example "x86_64-pc-mingw32-c++filt.exe", I > also notice there are more bins in C:\mingw\x86_64-pc-mingw32\bin, such as > g++ That's because this is a cross compiler. Those prefixes let you know what the given binary targets, which is different from the host. > I tried out that g++ but I got: > > "g++.exe: CreateProcess: No such file or directory" > > I don't think mingw and msys work well on WoW all together, at least in my > experience, the 32 stuff has to be run on a 32 but OS, and vice versa for 64 > bit. The Win32 one is old. I'm trying to update it now, but it won't be immediate. The build process is clunky (I'm working on that, too). Do you have a linux machine handy? Or linux in vmware? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
