Hi,
In preparing the next Strawberry release you've no doubt noticed that
mingw-w64 32bit version cannot build a working Perl after gcc version
4.4.3 on Windows XP.
Commit 180422 to the 4.6 branch of gcc fixes the problem - I've cross
compiled my own 32bit 4.6.2 release (the tagged 4.6.2 release includes
this fix) which compiles a working Perl 5.14.2 on Windows XP.
For my own use, I need to move to 4.6.2 as 4.4.7 cannot compile
wxWidgets 2.9.x branch.
As a side benefit I also get an up to date v2 mingw-w64 crt.
I'll be publishing source, patches and build instructions at
http://perlmingw.sourceforge.net/
(plus, of course, the compiled releases).
The patches are just the minimum necessary from sezero build and TDM GCC
builds to get a working dist.
Just a thought, but it might be nice if we had a sort of 'standard' gcc
for Perl on Windows.
Anyhow, I think you could just backport the fix to the current 4.4.7
branch. But, for what it is worth, Strawberry users will be unable to
compile wxWidgets 2.9.x branches (without some patching at least)
Hope it helps
Mark
