> Just fix MSYS Autotooling for the whole thing and use libxml2! > > ;-)
Indeed...it's a new year and your hard-working dev system has earned a much needed upgrade ;) Here's another way of quickly getting an msys + mingw-w64 environment. First, download and extract these MSYS files, say to `C:\DevTools`: https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/blob/master/config/devkit.rb#L30-L68 Next, download and extract one of Ruben's 32 or 64bit toolchains https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/blob/master/config/compilers/mingw64.rb into a newly created `C:\DevTools\mingw` (actually, just rename his `mingw32` or `mingw64` dir to `mingw`). Finally, add `C:\DevTools\bin` and `C:\DevTools\mingw\bin` to PATH and you've got a decent toolchain. Open up a Command Prompt and type `sh` and start using autohell. Better yet, create a desktop shortcut with a `Target:` of `C:\DevKit\msys.bat --mintty`, open it up and right-click -> Options... to set all kinds of eye candy like fonts, transparency, etc. This is begging for automation from a .ps1 or .py, but that's your chance to add value. mingwbuilds looks like they've built the killer monster truck msys binary with all sorts of awesomeness. Sadly, I haven't yet played with it. http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/external-binary-packages/ But your dev system won't be satisfied. It will next want a bunch of VirtualBox VM's; mine squawked until I gave it Arch, Ubuntu Server, and Snow Leopard VMs each with cross-build support. Good luck. Jon --- Fail fast. Fail often. Fail publicly. Learn. Adapt. Repeat. http://thecodeshop.github.com | http://jonforums.github.com/ twitter: @jonforums ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
