Edward Diener <eldlistmaili...@tropicsoft.com> writes: >> At the end, adapting your PATH setting works the best. Just a simple >> .bat file solves the problem for those of us that need to constantly >> experiment with multiple installs: >> >> @rem mingw-w64-492.bat >> @PATH=path-to-the-bin-directory;%PATH% >> @%* >> >> >> Now invoke that .bat with >> >> mingw-w64-492.bat g++ foo.cpp -o foo.exe >> mingw-w64-492.bat foo.exe > > Sure, but the point is that this should never be needed. > > The easiest solution is that any dll that cc1plus.exe needs should have > been installed in the same directory as cc1plus.exe. Your other solution > of putting the needed dlls in %WINDIR%/System32 is not very good unless > all versions of such dlls are backward compatible since each new > installation of mingw-64 might have its own version of a dll. > > I am surprised that such good programmers should understand so little > about producing a self-enclosed installation of mingw-64 ( or mingw ) to > the point of not being able to create a distribution that just works > automatically when any executable, such as gcc, is invoked directly from > the command line.
Apparently those programmers are not so inconvenienced as you are by having to use methods like the .bat mentioned above. And I can assure you that some of those programmers have quite a few gcc installs on their machines, that they use on a regular basis. >From what I recall, Visual Studio is even worse on this regard, as it requires setting some environment variables with paths to work. That's what vcvars32.bat does. How do you deal with multiple VS installs from the command line? Or you just use the IDE? I'm succesfully using the .bat method described above for multiple installs of VS and Mingw-w64. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
