[Mingw-w64-public] Suggestion for FAQ Re _vswprintf and msvcrt.dll on XP SP1

2013-01-20 Thread Herb Thompson
I'd like to suggest the following Q&A for the FAQ: --//-- Q: Why do some 32-bit MinGW-w64 applications fail with '... _vswprintf could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll' on Windows XP SP1? A: For C++, MinGW-w64 implements 'vswprintf (wchar_t *__stream, const wchar_t *__for

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New rubenvb Personal build: std::thread-enabled GCC 4.7 with MinGW-w64 trunk: gcc-4.7-1-stdthread

2012-12-27 Thread Herb Thompson
On 2012-12-27 8:18 PM, John E. / TDM wrote: >... > In the vein of static linkage, however, I do have one observation and a > related question. The pthreads-w32 library has startup code that is > executed when the DLL is attached, and therefore when the library is > statically linked, the user must

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] RFC: How shall we plan releases of new major

2012-10-26 Thread Herb Thompson
e to the end user). (2) Depending on how one interprets "via the same media that the binary was delivered", I'm not sure that all of the major distros would achieve that. If for example I obtain a libstdc++.so via an

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] rubenvb 4.7.1-2-release build

2012-08-16 Thread Herb Thompson
64-mingw32-c++.exe in "i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.7.1-2-release-win64_rubenvb\mingw32\bin" does work. Regards, Herb Thompson -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today&#x

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New rubenvb Personal build with GCC 4.7 and mingw-w64 trunk

2012-02-20 Thread Herb Thompson
ld.exe: skipping incompatible c:/opt/mingw32-gcc-4.7.0-2_rubenvb/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.0/../../../libstdc++.dll.a when searching for -lstdc++ Is -m32 not valid with the 64-bit tools? Regards, Herb Thompson -