On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 06:27:33PM +0100, karme wrote: > Couldn't gcc-mingw32 just replace mingw32 then? What's the reason to > have both?
The reason I packaged gcc-mingw32 is that I wanted to use a recent version of GCC. I can't answer about the old mingw32 being useful or not, you'd have to ask that to Ron (mingw32 maintainer). > Can this be added to the description, please? The description of which package? What do you think should be added exactly? > Hmm? I > really don't know which one I should use now. Where is the difference? > gcc-mingw32 looks newer, maybe use that one? 'mingw32' is GCC 4.2.1 plus some modifications that were needed for mingw32 support at the time. 'gcc-mingw32' is unmodified GCC 4.4, compiled for mingw32 targets. I recommend using gcc-mingw32. GCC 4.2.1 is a few years old now. Also, depending on which runtime you use, gcc-mingw32 is your only option (see http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/). -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
