On 8/5/2015 12:21 PM, K. Frank wrote: > Hello Edward! > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Edward Diener > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The latest mingw-w64-install program is broken on all Window versions ( >> Vista, 7, 8.1 ) in which I tried to use it. > > I had a similar problem back in November in that the installer > didn't work (on 64-bit windows 7). I don't remember the details. > >> ... >> Since the install is totally broken for now, where do I go to manually >> download and install the releases I want ? I looked under SourceForge >> Files for mingw-64 but could not find the releases there. > > If you want posix threads and SEH exceptions, one possibility > for the latest and greatest would be the compressed file: > > x86_64-5.1.0-release-posix-seh-rt_v4-rev0.7z > > downloadable from the sourceforge folder with url: > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/5.1.0/threads-posix/seh/ > > I did the equivalent back in November for the 4.9.2 version. > (Note, I haven't actually used the 5.1.0 version, but I assume > that it works.) > > There are other possibilities (different builds, different > configuration choices): see the sourceforge folder: > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/ > > You could follow, for example, the "mingw-builds" link there > and pick your desired configuration / version as you navigate > down to the downloadable file. > > > Happy 64-bit g++ Hacking!
The problem is that the install program lists a release ( 4.9.3 ) that really does not exist yet. When I attempted to install that release the error message of my OP occurs. Installing releases that actually exist works. Evidently the install program has no logic to see that there is really nothing there for a particular release directory and so it lists a release that does not exist and then when it tries to retrieve the files it puts out an error message which means nothing to the end user. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
