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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:35:53 +0000
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Subject: Re: mingw-targeted cross-compiler question
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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On 22 December 2010 15:12, NightStrike wrote:
> 2010/12/22 Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Bron:
>>>>> I checked the Make file, it used this flag:
>>>>> gcc -mno-cygwin -g -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias -Wl,--export-all-symbols .=
..
>>>>
>>>> replace gcc by gcc-3
>>>> gcc 4 is now the default on cygwin but the cross compiler is not
>>>> supported for that version.
>>>> Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric
>>>
>>> What do you mean by not supported? =C2=A0JonY maintains the cross compi=
lers....
>>
>> I meant that i686-w64-mingw32-gcc exists but not i686-w32-mingw32-gcc.
>> I thought that w64 meant "built on win64" and mingw32 "run binary on win=
32".
>> So it seems to me that with cygwin running on a 32 bit windows, it is
>> not possible to cross compile to win32. However with a 64 bit windows
>> you can produce win32 applications.
>> However, I just tried to use i686-w64-mingw32-g++ on my win32 machine
>> with a hello world program and it produces an binary that can be used
>> from windows on that win32 machine.
>> So my question to the list: what is the meaning of w64 in the name?
>
> Basically, "stuff from mingw-w64.sf.net"
>
> The middle piece of the triplet is the vendor tag. =C2=A0We at mingw-w64
> are the vendors. =C2=A0We support win32 and win64, for both host and
> target. =C2=A0I admit it's confusing, but we didn't come up with a better
> name fast enough.

Also, the 'mingw32' in the OS part of the triplet is hystorical
ballast. The '32' in there doesn't mean anything (anymore), and a
better name would have been plain 'mingw' or even just 'windows'.
Alas, compatibility concerns have stopped any change.

Andy

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