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Simson at 21:59, 10 September 2011

2011-09-10T21:59:46Z

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	Cross compiling mingw.		Cross compiling mingw.

			Mingw is the GNU C Compiler set retargeted to produce Microsoft Windows executables. This makes it really easy to create C code that runs on all three platforms. mingw is pretty stable, but I want to do some fairly advanced things involving multi-threading and producing both 32-bit and 64-bit executables. That's been problematic. This page summarizes some of what I've learned.

	* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22configure+target%22+mingw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Google Search]		* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22configure+target%22+mingw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Google Search]

			==pthreads==
			It's not not clear what options need to be provided to both configure scripts and the compiler. There is an `-mthreads` compiler option which seems to be required for some multi-threading safety bits, whatever that means. Specifying -mthreads creates a dependcy fir mingwm10.dll, however. According to some posts I've read the dependency goes away if you are using GCC 4.5.2 or above:

			* http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.user/36738

			You probably want to run the most recent version of the compiler, of course.


	==mingw on Windows==		==mingw on Windows==
			Running mingw on Windows is the most reliable method (at the moment) to compile. You can download MSys and run it. MSys is a minimal Unix environment that runs within Windows. It's "enough" to run configure scripts.

	Msys shell typically runs:		Msys shell typically runs:
	sh.exe --login -i		sh.exe --login -i
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	sudo port install i386-mingw32-binutils i386-mingw32-gcc i386-mingw32-libunicows i386-mingw32-runtime i386-mingw32-w32api		sudo port install i386-mingw32-binutils i386-mingw32-gcc i386-mingw32-libunicows i386-mingw32-runtime i386-mingw32-w32api

	An installer for the MinGW 4.3.0 compiler (as of February 3, 2009) can be downloaded from http://crossgcc.rts-software.org/doku.php.		An installer for the MinGW 4.3.0 compiler (as of February 3, 2009) can be downloaded from http://crossgcc.rts-software.org/doku.php. This seems to be a powerful way to go,

	==mingw on Ubuntu==		==mingw on Ubuntu==
	~~I got going with:~~		There are both 32-bit and 64-bit mingw compilers available for ubuntu.

	apt-get install mingw32		apt-get install mingw32
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	Typing '''yum search mingw''' yields a bunch of hits:		Typing '''yum search mingw''' yields a bunch of hits:
	<pre>		<pre>

	mingw32-filesystem.noarch : MinGW base filesystem and environment		mingw32-filesystem.noarch : MinGW base filesystem and environment
	mingw32-libgnurx.noarch : MinGW Regex library		mingw32-libgnurx.noarch : MinGW Regex library

Simson: /* mingw on MacOS */

2011-06-27T23:26:45Z

mingw on MacOS

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	You can install through MacPorts, but you only get the v3 compiler:		You can install through MacPorts, but you only get the v3 compiler:
	sudo port install i386-mingw32-binutils i386-mingw32-gcc i386-mingw32-libunicows i386-mingw32-runtime i386-mingw32-w32api		sudo port install i386-mingw32-binutils i386-mingw32-gcc i386-mingw32-libunicows i386-mingw32-runtime i386-mingw32-w32api

			An installer for the MinGW 4.3.0 compiler (as of February 3, 2009) can be downloaded from http://crossgcc.rts-software.org/doku.php.

	==mingw on Ubuntu==		==mingw on Ubuntu==

Simson: /* mingw on MacOS */

2011-03-06T02:39:26Z

mingw on MacOS

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	==mingw on MacOS==		==mingw on MacOS==
			You can install through MacPorts, but you only get the v3 compiler:
			sudo port install i386-mingw32-binutils i386-mingw32-gcc i386-mingw32-libunicows i386-mingw32-runtime i386-mingw32-w32api

	==mingw on Ubuntu==		==mingw on Ubuntu==
	I got going with:		I got going with:

Simson: /* mingw on Windows */

2011-03-02T14:55:55Z

mingw on Windows

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	==mingw on Windows==		==mingw on Windows==
	~~In typical case it~~ runs `sh.exe --login -i'		Msys shell typically runs:
			sh.exe --login -i

			You can make OpenSSL with:
			$ ./config no-threads --prefix=... --openssldir='C:/mingw/msys/1.0/...'

	==mingw on MacOS==		==mingw on MacOS==

Simson at 04:04, 26 February 2011

2011-02-26T04:04:14Z

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	* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22configure+target%22+mingw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Google Search]		* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22configure+target%22+mingw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Google Search]

			==mingw on Windows==
			In typical case it runs `sh.exe --login -i'

	==mingw on MacOS==		==mingw on MacOS==

Simson: /* mingw on fedora */

2011-01-30T16:54:34Z

mingw on fedora

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	I got going on Fedora Core 14 with the following commands:		I got going on Fedora Core 14 with the following commands:
	sudo yum install mingw32-pthreads		sudo yum install mingw32-pthreads

			This installed the 4.5.x compiler:

			<pre>
			[root@FC14 simsong]# i686-pc-mingw32-gcc --version
			i686-pc-mingw32-gcc (GCC) 4.5.0 20100414 (Fedora MinGW 4.5.0-1.fc14)
			Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
			This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
			warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

			[root@FC14 simsong]#
			</pre>

Simson: /* mingw on Ubuntu */

2011-01-30T16:52:54Z

mingw on Ubuntu

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	That gave me the 4.2.1 compiler.		That gave me the 4.2.1 compiler.

			I could then compile with the following maker file:

	==mingw on fedora==		==mingw on fedora==

Simson at 16:52, 30 January 2011

2011-01-30T16:52:24Z

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	* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22configure+target%22+mingw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Google Search]		* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22configure+target%22+mingw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Google Search]

			==mingw on MacOS==
			==mingw on Ubuntu==
			I got going with:

			apt-get install mingw32

			That gave me the 4.2.1 compiler.

	==mingw on fedora==		==mingw on fedora==

Simson at 16:51, 30 January 2011

2011-01-30T16:51:35Z

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