Hi Simson, On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:16:12 -0000, Simson Garfinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > I maintain open source software that cross-compiles for Windows using > mingw. We would like our users to be able to compile on Ubuntu. > Currently they cannot because there is not zlib-dev and there is no > pthreads in the Ubuntu mingw-w64 build system. > > Are there any plans to add these? It is actually quite difficult to > build them from sources on mingw, as it requires editing the > distribution files. They should be included as part of the base system.
The Ubuntu MinGW-w64 packages come from Debian, and I'll probably wait until Debian wheezy is released (and the distribution unfrozen) before updating the packages. Nevertheless pthreads support is in the works, and should arrive soon after wheezy's release. zlib-dev will take a bit longer, the approach we're taking is to add a new partial architecture (so we'll need support in the infrastructure tools). > Also, the program configure-mingw and configure-mingw64 are also not > provided, and they should be. I take it you're referring to Fedora-style configure scripts which add the appropriate parameters to configure invocations? (As described in http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02946.html for example.) They're not provided in the upstream packages but I can certainly add them (along with appropriate pkg-config links). Regards, Stephen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1022397 Title: mingw32 and mingw-w64 need zlib-dev and pthreads libraries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mingw-w64/+bug/1022397/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
