2013/12/4 K. Frank kfrank2...@gmail.com
Hello Wynfield!
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:56 AM, wynfi...@gmail.com wrote:
mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net
It's been a while and I'm a confused over which Mingw is which.
Mingw (www.mingw.org) and mingw-w64 (mingw-w64.sourceforge.net)
are two different projects with two different mailing lists
(mingw-us...@lists.sourceforge.net and
mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net,
respectively).
I preferring a manual install downloaded the files stated as needed for
a minimal system plus the gbd and document packages from:
URL = http://http://www.mingw.org//wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW
I think the current set-ups are such that it is easier to carry out a
purely manual install process with mingw-w64.
There have been installers for the mingw-builds (which are MinGW-w64 based)
since quite some time:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/mingw-builds-install/mingw-builds-install.exe
Then I recalled reading somewhere, back when, that there is also a
different Mingw. Also I note that there is also a Mingw64 which I assume
will only run on 64 bit machines, but could be ran or a 32 bit to build 64
bit program?
If I remember correctly, mingw-w64 provides both 32-bit and 64-bit
toolchains, while I think that mingw only provides the 32-bit version.
(Hopefully some one will chime in if I have this wrong). I do believe
that mingw is planning a future 64-bit version.
Right, let's hope they never decide to double that effort and instead
adsolve into MinGW-w64.
If there are multiple flavors of Mingw and different x-bit packages I
would like to know which is which, what is different.
Again, two separate projects with two separate web sites and two
separate mailing lists. (This is the mingw-w64 mailing list.)
Both compilers work -- I can't really say which would be better
suited to your purposes.
DISCLAIMER: the below opinion is based on the facts presented alongside
said opinion, and is in no way related to the opinions of any MinGW-w64
developer, although I know they wouldn't mind me promoting their work ;-)
Seeing that MinGW-w64 has taken the place of the old MinGW.org stuff in
pretty much any self-respecting distribution (I cite OpenSUSE, Fedora,
Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch because those are just the ones I know about), and
various open source projects have embraced MinGW-w64 (Qt comes to mind), I
think you'll be better off in the long run to choose MinGW-w64.
Cheers,
Ruben
Thank you.
Good luck., and ...
Happy Mingw/w64 Hacking!
K. Frank
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