[Mingw-w64-public] MinGW and Msys Directories

2013-08-31 Thread wynfield
#1 I'm sure that there is a good reason to have two very similiar root type directories such as MinGW and msys, but I can't see it. But, I am new to MinGW. To me two different pseudo root directories. Can someone explain why the two are necessary and on would not suffice? Or point me to a

[Mingw-w64-public] MinGW64 & DLLs

2013-08-31 Thread Incongruous
Can anyone tell of a web site tutorial for creating dlls? Will G++64 dlls be compatible or applicable to G++32 apps? Thanks in advance!-- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the

[Mingw-w64-public] Thanks for LRN's excellent overview (Re: MinGW and Msys Directories)

2013-08-31 Thread K. Frank
Hello LRN! Hear, hear! Thank you for the very nice explanation. It should be recommended reading for folks who are getting started with mingw / msys. Cheerio! K. Frank On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 10:09 AM, LRN wrote: > ... > On 31.08.2013 17:14, wynfi...@gmail.com wrote: >> ... >> I'm sure th

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW and Msys Directories

2013-08-31 Thread LRN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 31.08.2013 17:14, wynfi...@gmail.com wrote: > > #1 > > I'm sure that there is a good reason to have two very similiar root type > directories such as MinGW and msys, but I can't see it. But, I am new to > MinGW. To me two different pseudo root dir

[Mingw-w64-public] MinGW and Msys Directories

2013-08-31 Thread wynfield
#1 I'm sure that there is a good reason to have two very similiar root type directories such as MinGW and msys, but I can't see it. But, I am new to MinGW. To me two different pseudo root directories. Can someone explain why the two are necessary and on would not suffice? Or point me to a