Hi, Fair enough, thank you very much for the information! I'll keep that in mind.
> 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? -- Bye. With best regards, Konstantin Vlasov. _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
