just what is TDM-GCC? I have seen this mentioned a number
of times, but I haven't seen a folder for it in the mingw-w64 folder tree that
I remember.
my guess is it's some sort of code name for something.
Jim Michaels
>________________________________
> From: Arbol One <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:43 AM
>Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>
>Thanks Koehne Kai, your explanation really clear things up. I will follow
>your methodology, and when the time comes, I will switch to MinGW-64
>compiler. So, for now, MinGW-32 is good enough.
>Have a wonderful day!!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Koehne Kai
>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:43 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ext Arbol One [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:24 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>>
>> Humm, some how I felt that there was something very wrong in my
>> installation. All I want from the compiler is to debug using 32-bit, and
>> then
>> create a final built in 64-bit. I not interested in cross compiling, it is
>> just that I
>> want to deploy under 64-bit Windows 7/8.
>
>Just to get this straight:
>- "cross compiling" in this context means that you're using a 32 bit
>toolchain to generate a 64 bit binary, or the other way round.
>- You can deploy 32 bit binaries on 64 bit Windows 7 / 8. This is done by an
>emulation layer called WoW (Windows on Windows), but really works without
>any hassles. Just check out "C:\Program Files (x86)", all apps here should
>be 32 bit ! It doesn't work the other way round though, 64 bit binaries
>can't run on a 32 bit Windows.
>- That said, there are of course applications that benefit from using 64 bit
>(e.g. using a lot of memory, kernel tools etc...)
>
>> Please, could you tell me which MinGW-64 flavour I should download in
>> order to this?
>
>I'd personally avoid the cross-compiler hassle, and use a native 32 bit
>toolchain. If you then decide you really want a 64 bit binary, just install
>a 64 bit toolchain alongside and recompile your project ... That said, at
>least TDM-GCC supports generating too.
>
>Regards
>
>Kai
>
>> TIA
>>
>> From: Ruben Van Boxem <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:40 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>>
>> 2013/1/15 Arbol One <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> I hope someone is willing to reply to my question, even though they
>> sound not very smart, the truth is that I am trying to understand the
>> different aspects of MinGW64, I am really confused about how it works.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> From: Arbol One <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:25 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>>
>> D:\MinGW64
>> +bin
>> -i686-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
>> +i686-w64-mingw32
>> +bin
>> -g++.exe
>> ----
>> What is the difference between './bin/i686-w64-mingw32-g++.exe'
>> and './i686-w64-mingw32/bin/g++.exe'? What are they used for?
>>
>>
>> My toolchains do not have the second variation (last time I checked, I
>> could
>> very well be wrong though). What file did you download?
>>
>>
>> It seems you downloaded a toolchain built as a cross-compiler. The prefix
>> i686... means it targets 32-bit Windows. A prefix of x86_64... means it
>> targets
>> 64-bit. If you don't want prefixed executables, download a native
>> compiler.
>> For my toolchains, this means using files with names of the form
>> i686...win32
>> and x86_64....win64.
>>
>>
>> If you know how GCC works on Unix, all you should know to use MinGW-w64
>> toolchains is that you need to add the toplevel "bin" directory to PATH
>> and
>> call the compiler executables as you would on Unix.
>>
>>
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> From: Ruben Van Boxem <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:13 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>>
>> 2013/1/15 Arbol One <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> In the‘/MinGW64’ folder I have ‘./lib’, ‘/bin’ and ‘./include’
>> subdirectories, am I to assume that this are the 32-bit files while their
>> 64-bit
>> counterparts are in the ‘./i686-w64-mingw32’ directory?
>>
>>
>> No. Depending on what exactly you downloaded (filename of the file
>> you got suffices), some stuff will be located in different places.
>>
>> I'm assuming you have downloaded a 32-bit native non-multilib
>> toolchain, then this is the general structure:
>>
>> mingw32/bin: directory to add to PATH. Contains all the toolchain
>> executables like gcc, g++, gdb, ld, nm, etc...
>>
>> mingw32/lib and mingw32/include: GCC search paths, ignore them.
>>
>> mingw32/i686-w64-mingw32/include and lib: these are the MinGW-
>> w64 headers and import libraries (the stuff built from the source you
>> first
>> downloaded). These include some C headers and standard Win32 API
>> headers like windows.h
>>
>>
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> From: Ruben Van Boxem
>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:18 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New-B
>>
>> 2013/1/15 Arbol One <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> Hello there!
>> I just downloaded and unpacked mingw-w64-v1.0.7.
>> in my D: directory, what else do I have to do now? is there a tutorial
>> explaining what has to be added to the path and what is the toolchain for
>> 32bit or 64bit apps?
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> you downloaded the MinGW-w64 runtime source package.
>> You want a prebuilt binary package i seems. See here for instructions:
>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-
>> w64/wiki/GeneralUsageInstructions
>>
>>
>> If you need any more help, feel free to ask.
>>
>>
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
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