MINGW-packages

Package scripts for MinGW-w64 targets to build under MSYS2.

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Package scripts for MinGW-w64 targets to build under MSYS2.

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xaduha·Mar 3, 2016

Sure, I'll make a bug report, should it go here? https://github.com/alexpux/mingw-packages BTW thing that I was able to compile with old MSYS + cmake from cmake.org, but can't with MSYS2 and mingw-w64-i686-cmake is https://github.com/Absolight/pkcs11-proxy

In MSYS2: Arch Linux on Microsoft Windows

RayDonnelly·Mar 3, 2016

> As far as I can tell, msys2 is still posix/GNU for windows, with alternate shell (bash, not powershell etc) and alternate filesystem (posix/gnu-like)? While mingw is/was gnu/posix binaries for windows The M in MSYS2 stands for Minimal. Meaning the Cygwin-y part is as small as is necessary to run a shell, bash and autotools to configure and build native Windows software that links to msvcrt.dll with no dependency on the Cygwin derived msys-2.0.dll what-so-ever. The software built from the recipes here: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages .. does not link to the GPLed msys-2.0.dll. It is built with mingw-w64 GCC. The focus of the project is to expand that collection of software.

In MSYS2: Arch Linux on Microsoft Windows

RayDonnelly·Mar 3, 2016

It seems we have a libvirt PKGBUILD but no released package. Here is the MSYS2 approach to software development, shamelessly taken from ArchLinux. Could you try this: pacman -Ss base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain git clone https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages.git cd MINGW-packages/mingw-w64-libvirt MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -s pacman -U *pkg*xz .. and if it doesn't work file a ticket on: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/issues .. otherwise you should have an MSYS2 libvirt. even if it does work, file a bug asking that mingw-w64-libvert gets packaged. You really should not mix binaries from different ecosystems and compilers. I do not know how TDM configure their compilers or how Fedora configures theirs (exception models, C++ ABIs) but it is a risky business and I caution strongly against it

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. All your packages should be compiled with the same toolchain. Why would you use TDM compilers anyway? MSYS2 comes with its own: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain gets you the 64-bit version.

In MSYS2: Arch Linux on Microsoft Windows

RayDonnelly·Mar 3, 2016

This has been answered before. No, the msys2 repo doesn't follow the Cygwin packaging versions or schedules at all. They are built from the recipes at: https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages .. they link to msys-2.0.dll which is Cygwin derived and are thus GPLed and exist to provide a POSIX-y shell and build tools to allow building: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages .. which are full of native Windows software under various licenses.

In MSYS2: Arch Linux on Microsoft Windows

DavidEGrayson·Mar 3, 2016

MSYS2 makes Windows be less of a special case for C/C++ software development. You can use all your favorite build tools from Linux, and there is a large and growing library of software you can install with the package manager. It's easy to contribute your own packages or improve existing ones by making pull requests to here: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages

In MSYS2: Arch Linux on Microsoft Windows