For reliability, cross compiling on Linux is always a good idea. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Václav Šmilauer <e...@doxos.eu> wrote: > >>> I am currently compiling several 3rd-party libraries which I need for my >>> code. Among those are glib, VTK, Qt and perhaps several others. I have >>> the (32bit) MSYS installed, which provides standard directories like >>> /usr/lib, /usr/include, ... >> These should not be present, if they are, it is likely it is ONLY for >> MSYS development, which you are not clearly doing, so please move them >> away for safety. > Ok for headers; I unstalled all msys-lib* packages and /usr/lib is now > empty as well. Good. >>> When configuring libs, I use --prefix=/c/MinGW64 to not to install them >>> into the 32bit MSYS tree, but I fear that I will have comflicts between >>> 32bit/64bit headers, as the 32bit ones are in the default search path. >>> Secondly, it is a bit tedious to install everything to non-default >>> paths. Is there some solution to this I am overseeing? >> Use proper CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS instead, there is no easy way to deal >> with this. > Ok. >>> Second thing which comes to my mind: are there perhaps some pre-built >>> packages for common libraries? How about the cross-packages from Fedora, >>> couldn't they be just unpacked and used? >> You could, but you may run into ABI problems if you don't have the exact >> compiler configuration. YMMV. > I will try not to use pre-compiled for now. > > I will have quite a few scripts (wget, unpack, patch, configure, make, > make install) for various libs; will post it somewhere later. Perhaps > someone will find it useful. >> There is no 64bit MSYS. If you mean to build make with mingw-w64, >> don't, MSYS make and mingw32-make are completely different and fulfill >> different roles. > Yes, I meant building 64bit make with mingw-w64. Currently, the "make" > binary is the i686-pc-msys one. I will keep using it, then. >> Check for BLODA instead. See >> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda> > Good pointer, thanks. Not clear how to disable Catalyst, having an ATI > graphics card, though. > > Cheers, Václav > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
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