On 17/9/2010 12:58, ArbolOne wrote: > > Ok, folks. Apparently no one else is jumping on the Build MSYS under > 64bit MSWin waggon. So, let us start with the project.
You are welcome to join the MSYS team on mingw.org. You may use the MSYS mailing list, if you wish, to help coordinate this effort. I'll be glad to answer your questions on MSYS development. Thanks to the generous support by Luis Lavena and Teemu, I'll soon have a 64-bit system and be able to participate in this effort myself. > Does any of you know where to get the latest source code? For MSYS itself: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/develop MSYS is derived from Cygwin, so its source should be useful as well: http://cygwin.com/cvs.html MSYS is compiled with GCC and Binutils. They will have to be patched to generate code targeting MSYS 64. Here are their source: http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=binutils http://gcc.gnu.org/svn.html Build scripts are available at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/binutils-2.19.51-3-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma?download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-3.4.4-3-msys-1.0.13-src.tar.lzma?download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msysCORE-1.0.15-1-msys-1.0.15-src.tar.lzma?download See also: How to build MSYS http://www.mingw.org/wiki/HOWTO_Build_MSYS Let me know if you need help building it. Since MSYS is derived from Cygwin, one way to get 64-bit support for MSYS would be to add it first to Cygwin and port it to MSYS later. However, as this thread indicates, there is currently some interest on bringing 64-bit support to MSYS, while I do not have evidence there is a similar interest on the Cygwin front. So, it may make sense to do it the other way around this time (adding 64-bit support to MSYS first and contributing back to Cygwin later). Regards, Cesar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
