-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 11:54:43AM -0800, Alex Dubois wrote: > I am trying to bring the build env up to date. > MinGW was probably selected initially with the view to: > 1- cross-compile some components which comes from linux > 2- ensure no GPL lock-in (as initially these components were closed source) > > Would you now if this still apply or if the Unix stack is only used for file > management (i.e. not compiling with gcc)? Cygwin would allow easier > installation of python, bash, make, git in a single env.
AFAIK mingw is _not_ used for building any windows component in the current version. See WIN_COMPILER option in Makefile.builder of each component, and its description in builder-windows/Makefile.windows. There was such attempt in the past, but we've abandoned it quite early. What is used is msys, as a convenient bundled shell+git set. - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEhrpukzGPukRmQqkK24/THMrX1ywFAlqZsh8ACgkQ24/THMrX 1yw2+ggAjMGW+uZKMG3UHnlfuqoaD2FgHPr86fj/9R1nTF3TfpvDBQaVTgozQfAT L229h7YDHTtBzYAUbV9sWA/kEHc3002cYnMWfvtSRbFxCalU4NydaRhODw74RVGa OMHVaTfTzZsCkmKmvT/ckiRBhw527xBmuA5a78UBpx4/xvFnoDPGOR+tSafRDftE Zi337b8SDQuYSl3RmeeY5JEKk4b/2uYjQ2j32/oiHC8oDAYYu/GdVF/aJTChqGAg X5we83DpOqILt79GUw7lKHf/RI9Z7O3r5fHeUlqrvKr71oGfS5EADSkNE3WpnXaM 7FWye1XuSaV6Xf4D2sZ1tzI/y6qZlg== =8kvB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-devel@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/20180302202022.GM7364%40mail-itl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
