> Do not try to build MSYS programs yourself. It's very nontrivial (if not > impossible except for those who know exactly how it works) and a waste of > time. Ah! That was a bad idea from me to try on the first place then.
> If MSYS does not provide something you need, either go for Cygwin or > cross-compile from Linux. Ok. > The MinGW-w64 MSYS package is just a collection of the MinGW.org MSYS > packages. If something is missing in the MinGW-w64 package, that's because I > forgot to put it in. Hold on. Does that also mean that if i install the regular MSYS, then i extract the MinGW-w64 version on top of it, it will work? Or let's say i use the MinGW-w64 version of MSYS, and then manually get files from the regular MSYS and drop them in my filesystem tree at the right place, it will work? Aren't the runtime DLLs different from one to the other? > Otherwise, you're out of luck and it doesn't exist. If you like the mingw-get > stuff, use that. You can set MSYS up to use any toolchain anyways (just set > PATH accordingly). So let's say i just put the original mingw-get binary in the MinGW-w64 version, it would then work with other programs installed via mingw-get? Then what is the point of the MinGW-w64 version of the MSYS package? Only changes to /etc or something more complex? Pierre. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
