Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread Ray Donnelly
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Jose Alf. wrote: > > I would like to help to build a new installer. I suggest we use InnoSetup or > NSIS. I like InnoSetup because it's easier to mantain, but NSIS generates > smaller installer files. I can try to understand what the current installer > does, but i

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread niXman
Jose Alf. 2014-10-14 17:26: > I would like to help to build a new installer. I suggest we use > InnoSetup or NSIS. I like InnoSetup because it's easier to mantain, > but NSIS generates smaller installer files. I can try to understand > what the current installer does, but it will go faster if you g

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread Jose Alf.
I would like to help to build a new installer. I suggest we use InnoSetup or NSIS. I like InnoSetup because it's easier to mantain, but NSIS generates smaller installer files. I can try to understand what the current installer does, but it will go faster if you give me a summary. On Tues

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Cleanup and synchronization of DATA-only imports between different MS-runtimes

2014-10-14 Thread Kai Tietz
2014-10-14 13:55 GMT+02:00 André Hentschel : > Am 14.10.2014 um 12:53 schrieb Kai Tietz: >> Hi, >> >> this patch unifies DATA only imports for different runtime-versions of >> msvcr* import libraries. >> Additionally it marks some functions to be in future DATA only, if >> function is locally imple

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread niXman
Ruben Van Boxem 2014-10-14 16:47: > Well, I honestly don't really care what installer you use as long as it > works (that's why I brought it up now ;-)), but should you leave the > project suddenly for whatever reason (sickness, death, work, etc.), > there > would be no installer anymore. It woul

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
2014-10-14 14:37 GMT+02:00 niXman : > > Just a thought: why use a paid-for installer instead of something > > freely > > available like NSIS? > > Hi, > > Because I use this installer in a few of my commercial projects. Why do > I need to learn yet another installer? > Well, I honestly don't reall

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread niXman
> Just a thought: why use a paid-for installer instead of something > freely > available like NSIS? Hi, Because I use this installer in a few of my commercial projects. Why do I need to learn yet another installer? -- Regards, niXman ___ Dual-ta

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
2014-10-14 14:22 GMT+02:00 niXman : > John Threepwood 2014-10-14 16:11: > > Hello, > > Hi, > > Please read this: > https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/413/?page=0 > Just a thought: why use a paid-for installer instead of something freely available like NSIS? Ruben > > > -- > Regards, niXm

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread niXman
John Threepwood 2014-10-14 16:11: > Hello, Hi, Please read this: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/413/?page=0 -- Regards, niXman ___ Dual-target(32 & 64-bit) MinGW-W64 compilers for 32 and 64-bit Windows: http://sourceforge.net/projects/m

[Mingw-w64-public] MinGW-W64 installation fails with 'ERROR res'

2014-10-14 Thread John Threepwood
Hello, recently I downloaded MinGW-W64 but unfornuately the installation fails. My system: - Windows 7 64 Bit Professional (all updates installed) - Intel Core i7-3520M CPU - 12 GB main memory Steps: 1. Opened mingw-w64-install.exe 2. Installation settings: Version: 4.9.1 Architecture: x

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Cleanup and synchronization of DATA-only imports between different MS-runtimes

2014-10-14 Thread André Hentschel
Am 14.10.2014 um 12:53 schrieb Kai Tietz: > Hi, > > this patch unifies DATA only imports for different runtime-versions of > msvcr* import libraries. > Additionally it marks some functions to be in future DATA only, if > function is locally implemented in our crt. > > This patch is done only for

[Mingw-w64-public] Cleanup and synchronization of DATA-only imports between different MS-runtimes

2014-10-14 Thread Kai Tietz
Hi, this patch unifies DATA only imports for different runtime-versions of msvcr* import libraries. Additionally it marks some functions to be in future DATA only, if function is locally implemented in our crt. This patch is done only for 32-bit for now. Of course for the 64-bit version same thi

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Slow pseudo-relocations

2014-10-14 Thread dw
I have created a fix for this, but I'm having trouble testing it. My relocations always end up on pages marked PAGE_EXECUTE_READ. To see Vadim's problem, I need PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY. Vadim, can you provide any more context here? OS (W7? W8?), 32bit? 64bit? Using LoadLibrary? LoadLibrary