Package: gcc-mingw32 Version: 4.4.2-3 Severity: normal Hi,
I didn't look at all that windows related stuff for a long time. I just did take a look at old bugs I once reported and wanted see what happened to #317146. Now I am quite confused that there are two compiler packages: gcc-mingw32 and mingw32. The best explanation I found so far was this one: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540733 "Initially, there was no win32 support in GCC, and using the mingw32 compiler was the only option. Now that official versions of GCC support building for the mingw32 runtime in upstream, there's no reason most users can't use that directly." Couldn't gcc-mingw32 just replace mingw32 then? What's the reason to have both? Can this be added to the description, please? Just to describe my situation and I guess of others: Hmm lets look how I cross compile for that stupid OS these days. I remember there was that mingw thingy, let's install it. Huh now there are two packages? gcc-mingw32 and mingw32? apt-cache show ... Hmm? I really don't know which one I should use now. Where is the difference? gcc-mingw32 looks newer, maybe use that one? -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcloog-ppl0 0.15.7-1 the Chunky Loop Generator (runtime ii libgmp3c2 2:4.3.2+dfsg-1 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libgmpxx4ldbl 2:4.3.2+dfsg-1 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libmpfr1ldbl 2.4.2-3 multiple precision floating-point ii libppl-c2 0.10.2-3 Parma Polyhedra Library (C interfa ii libppl7 0.10.2-3 Parma Polyhedra Library (runtime l ii mingw32-binutils 2.20-0.1 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) binut ii mingw32-runtime 3.13-1 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) runti gcc-mingw32 recommends no packages. Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 suggests: pn cpp-doc <none> (no description available) pn gcc-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
