Dear Ruben, dear list readers,
>> I suggest using a native MinGW-w64 toolchain to build Qt. Qt does not
>> support cross-compiling (just look at the OpenSuse or Fedora mingw-w64 Qt
>> package build scripts: they patch the hell out of Qt's build infrastructure).
>
> Ah! But i *am* using a native MinGW-w64 toolchain when using the automated
> build, no?
> No, that's an oddity of the automated builds that they're always built as a
> cross-compiler for some reason unknown to me. You can tell by the absence of
> a plain (unprefixed) gcc.exe. in the "bin" directory.
Ah! i wasn't aware of this fact, and the later is a very good trick to know
wether the build is native or not, and this might have a "sticky" on the MinGW
general explanations. i will keep that in mind.
> Also, note the eMail i have just sent to the list in answer to Kai, when
> using SeZero's MinGW build (For compiling to / from 32 bit on MSys), it seems
> to work. Why?
> This is a native build.
i understand now. Thanks for explaining.
Following what Ruben just told me, i have another question. i have just
discovered the TDM-GCC packaging. It is very sexy, as it offers pre-packaged
binary online / offline installers.
However:
- Whatever mirror is selected, the "Show Details" buttons is not active, making
the process opaque. But that's okay.
- When using the Europe -> France -> Free mirror, the package
make-3.82-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma cannot be found on the server (404 type error).
Is Dragon part of this list, or is it another project mailing list i shall
subscribe to to report the problems i encounter?
- After installing from anonther mirror, i can see that in my installation
folder, only g++.exe exists, no "xxx-yyy-zzz-g++.exe" and friends exist, only
plain "g++.exe" and friends. Does Ruben's rule applies, and does that mean that
the toolchain i just have installed is native?
A last question from my global confusion: what would be the recommended way of
getting this so called "native" toolchain? On Ruben's version? TDM's version?
SeZero's version? This is quite confusing :)
Thank you,
Pierre.
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