what is the difference between x32-msys2-20131003.tar.xz and
msys2-base-i686-20131112.tar.xz?
I noticed that the new version has pacman and the older version does
not. But the older version seems to have a lot more files in there like
GIT and is more than twice the size.
Maybe the new version is some kind of basic/base package as it has base
in the name? and as such you must download the other packages individually?
ResQue
On 12/11/2013 21:08, Jon wrote:
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:47 PM, ResQue <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello all
New to Mingw-w64 looking for Links, Tutorials, advice from the
community?
1) Put yourself in an adventurous mindset that tolerates ambiguity.
You may have to be more patient than you'd like and may have to reign
in the "I just want to build sh*t now!" urge. >;->
Trust me, the time you spend investing in understanding more about
your tools, the better the payoff in the mid and long term.
2) Since you're new to mingw-w64, move the the front edge and focus on
the new MSYS2 and the new official binary toolchain downloads for
windows. Combine them into a workable toolchain that you can place on
`PATH` and use to build from the command line.
For example, assuming you have a 64-bit windows system, these will be
interesting:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/i686/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.8.2/threads-win32/seh/
Don't allow yourself to get stuck for too long setting up the
toolchain. The goal is to learn by doing, but it shouldn't be so
frustrating that you give up and walk away. Try it on your own, but
when you're stuck, create a short, descriptive email and post it hear
to ask for help.
If your main dev box is not windows, you'll need to set up a cross
compiling toolchain.
3) Use pacman included in the update MSYS2 to customize MSYS2 so that
it can build many open source packages
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman
4) Once you've confirmed you've got an operational toolchain, pick an
open source package of interest and learn to build it. Pick software
that you actually have a need to use. Of course, DuckDuckGo and other
spelunking techniques will help, but also check out how others have
automated builds paying particular attention to their use of
`configure` and `make`.
For example:
https://www.gitorious.org/sbuild/sbuild/source/a8f47daae77bb2390843250fbe6445fed784d866:src/mingw/libarchive-3.1.2-2/pkgbuild.sh#L284-303
https://github.com/jonforums/buildlets/blob/master/build_libiconv.ps1#L44-L57
https://www.gitorious.org/sbuild/sbuild/source/a8f47daae77bb2390843250fbe6445fed784d866:src/mingw/libiconv-1.14-2/pkgbuild.sh#L306-324
http://cgit.notk.org/adrien/yypkg/slackware64-current.git/tree/l/libffi/libffi.SlackBuild
https://github.com/jonforums/buildlets/blob/master/build_zlib.ps1
5) Once you've got a working toolchain and are familiar with
`configure`, `make`, `gcc` and have built a few things, I ask that you
blog about your mingw-w64 set up as well as post a message (link to
your blog) with "tutorial" in the title. Even if you don't have a
blog, a tutorial email to this list would be awesome.
Hopefully others will share some of their hard won "secrets" :)
It's a great thing you're a newcomer to mingw-w64 and I'd love to see
this project get the benefit of a tutorial based upon your adventurous
ramp up. Tutorial style documentation is lacking and many of us take
for granted the challenges of setting up a workable toolchain for the
first time.
Jon
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