Re: How do I get mingw-w64 operational?

What we really need is the experience of new users in the wiki. The wiki is predominantly written by people that are very experienced with this stuff, so we leave out a whole lot of details that new users really do in fact need. Would you be able to contribute to the wiki and provide what you've learned from the perspective of someone starting out? On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Simson Garfinkel <simsong(a)acm.org&gt; wrote: > Wow, this is really great info. Any chance of putting it on the wiki? would > have saved me about two hours of stumbling around. > > Thanks! > > On Jul 9, 2011 10:40 AM, "Erik van Pienbroek" <erik(a)vanpienbroek.nl&gt; wrote: >> Simson Garfinkel schreef op za 09-07-2011 om 07:01 [-0400]: >>> Hi. I have a few "newbie" questions. I've been using mingw32 to >>> cross-compile Windows apps from Linux. One of my users requests 64-bit >>> binaries and I've been unable to get it to work. >>> >>> 1. Is there a repo that contains RPMs for mingw-w64 to allow me to use >>> the cross-compiler under Fedora FC15? (or FC14?) I have spent significant >>> time on this, but only the 32-bit compilers get installed. Am I missing >>> something obvious? Do I just need to compile from sources? If so, is there >>> documentation on how to do that? >>> >>> 2. Once I get it installed, what's the "--host=" option that I provide to >>> configure scripts to make it produce 64-bit .exes? >>> >>> 3. What's the difference between amd64 and i586? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> _______________________________________________ mingw mailing list >>> mingw(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/mingw >> >> Hi, >> >> There is currently a testing repository available around which contains >> packages for mingw32, mingw64 and darwinx. We're currently trying to get >> the mingw32 and mingw64 packages merged back to Fedora, but it's >> currently stalled due to legal issues. So if you want to build win64 >> binaries then you have to install packages from the testing repository. >> More details about this repository and installation instructies can be >> found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW/CrossCompilerFramework >> More information about this repository can also be found in the archives >> of this mailing list. >> >> Once you have the repository configured you can install all win64 >> packages you need for your project using yum (all win64 packages have >> the prefix 'mingw64-'). >> >> With this set of packages you can also use scripts like >> mingw64-configure to get your package built for win64. >> >> The amd64 and i586 are names of architectures. In the Fedora world, >> these names aren't used. For both native as cross-compiled applications >> we use the architectures x86_64 and i686. The architectures i586/i686 >> are 32bit targets and the architectures amd64/x86_64 are 64bit targets. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Erik van Pienbroek >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mingw mailing list >> mingw(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/mingw > > _______________________________________________ > mingw mailing list > mingw(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/mingw > _______________________________________________ mingw mailing list mingw(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/mingw