2013/11/13 ResQue <resque1...@gmail.com>
> what is the difference between x32-msys2-20131003.tar.xz and
> msys2-base-i686-20131112.tar.xz?
>
> I noticed that the new version has pacman and the older version does not.
> But the older version seems to have a lot more files in there like GIT and
> is more than twice the size.
>
> Base here is similar to minimal. It go with small set of utils that only
need for properly functional msys.
x32-msys2-20131003.tar.xz archive contain all packages installed but
without pacman and you cannot upgrade packages in future to new versions.
> Maybe the new version is some kind of basic/base package as it has base in
> the name? and as such you must download the other packages individually?
>
>
If you got msys-base then all other packages you can install manually using
pacman.
First, synchronize package DB with "pacman -Sy"
Then you can install package by "pacman -S <package name>"
Regards,
Alexey.
> ResQue
>
>
>
> On 12/11/2013 21:08, Jon wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:47 PM, ResQue <resque1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all
>>
>> New to Mingw-w64 looking for Links, Tutorials, advice from the community?
>>
>>
> 1) Put yourself in an adventurous mindset that tolerates ambiguity. You
> may have to be more patient than you'd like and may have to reign in the "I
> just want to build sh*t now!" urge. >;->
>
> Trust me, the time you spend investing in understanding more about your
> tools, the better the payoff in the mid and long term.
>
>
> 2) Since you're new to mingw-w64, move the the front edge and focus on
> the new MSYS2 and the new official binary toolchain downloads for windows.
> Combine them into a workable toolchain that you can place on `PATH` and use
> to build from the command line.
>
> For example, assuming you have a 64-bit windows system, these will be
> interesting:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/i686/
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.8.2/threads-win32/seh/
>
> Don't allow yourself to get stuck for too long setting up the toolchain.
> The goal is to learn by doing, but it shouldn't be so frustrating that you
> give up and walk away. Try it on your own, but when you're stuck, create a
> short, descriptive email and post it hear to ask for help.
>
> If your main dev box is not windows, you'll need to set up a cross
> compiling toolchain.
>
>
> 3) Use pacman included in the update MSYS2 to customize MSYS2 so that it
> can build many open source packages
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman
>
>
> 4) Once you've confirmed you've got an operational toolchain, pick an
> open source package of interest and learn to build it. Pick software that
> you actually have a need to use. Of course, DuckDuckGo and other spelunking
> techniques will help, but also check out how others have automated builds
> paying particular attention to their use of `configure` and `make`.
>
> For example:
>
>
> https://www.gitorious.org/sbuild/sbuild/source/a8f47daae77bb2390843250fbe6445fed784d866:src/mingw/libarchive-3.1.2-2/pkgbuild.sh#L284-303
>
>
> https://github.com/jonforums/buildlets/blob/master/build_libiconv.ps1#L44-L57
>
> https://www.gitorious.org/sbuild/sbuild/source/a8f47daae77bb2390843250fbe6445fed784d866:src/mingw/libiconv-1.14-2/pkgbuild.sh#L306-324
>
>
> http://cgit.notk.org/adrien/yypkg/slackware64-current.git/tree/l/libffi/libffi.SlackBuild
>
> https://github.com/jonforums/buildlets/blob/master/build_zlib.ps1
>
>
> 5) Once you've got a working toolchain and are familiar with
> `configure`, `make`, `gcc` and have built a few things, I ask that you blog
> about your mingw-w64 set up as well as post a message (link to your blog)
> with "tutorial" in the title. Even if you don't have a blog, a tutorial
> email to this list would be awesome.
>
> Hopefully others will share some of their hard won "secrets" :)
>
> It's a great thing you're a newcomer to mingw-w64 and I'd love to see this
> project get the benefit of a tutorial based upon your adventurous ramp up.
> Tutorial style documentation is lacking and many of us take for granted the
> challenges of setting up a workable toolchain for the first time.
>
> Jon
>
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