On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Paarvai Naai <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to gain an understanding for the reasoning behind the > "libtool_patch" function used in the "Custom toolchain builds" > distributed by Ozkan Sezer. > > I don't see this mentioned in the standard cross-compiler instructions > found on the mingw-w64 project page: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/Cross%20Win32%20and%20Win64%20compiler > > But this libtool patch is used consistently for a number of the > upstream sources. Can someone explain the rationale behind this?
It fixes libtool for proper win64 support. Upgrading to new libtool may not be trivial, but the fix itself is. Not every source need that fix, but applying it doesn't hurt either. Some libraries may not even compile without it (libxml2 comes to mind, can't remember else at the moment.) > > Thanks in advance! > Paarvai -- Ozkan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
