Michal is right. And years ago there was a more strict dependency to an old version of gcc from code in src/recompiler. This has been fixed long time ago. Newer versions of MingW will most likely work but are not tested ATM.
Kind regards, Frank On Montag, 26. Juni 2017 10:51:53 CEST Michal Necasek wrote: > > Because MinGW 3.3.3 is what's used for the official builds and it's known > to be working. Other versions may well work, they just aren't positively > known to be working. > > And no, MinGW is not needed for the Guest Additions at all. > > > - Michal > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 7:17:12 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / > Rome / Stockholm / Vienna > Subject: [vbox-dev] Windows build requirements for MinGW > > Hi, > > The wiki page https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Windows%20build%20instructions > says that for 32-bit build one requires MinGW 3.3.3. Why exactly this > version? I > tried to build VB using MinGW32 version 4.5.4 (the same rubenvb build as > MinGW64), and it compiled without problems (except that I had to patch > configure.vbs, obviously). I did not test yet whether it works, though... > > The only thing I did not compile is Guest Additions. Is it for them that > version > 3.3.3 is needed? Or, maybe, some runtime compatibility with older systems > (like > WinXP)? Or is it just legacy restriction not required anymore but forgotten > to > be updated? -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert | Software Development Director, VirtualBox ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | 71384 Weinstadt, Germany ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
