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MinGW with GCC4
stahta01:
--- Quote from: Ninds on July 11, 2009, 02:04:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: killerbot on July 11, 2009, 02:00:15 pm ---By the way, with the TDM installer version of MinGW, this becomes very easy, that installer brings the whole MinGW stuff you actually need in one go. Much better then the zillion packages to download manually from MinGW.
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What is TDM ?
Maybe we have to think of doing the same ....
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See http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/
Ninds:
Ok, I had a look at the TDM MinGW site. I downloaded the installer and executed it. It seemed to work fine and provided what I needed, except make.
I was hoping to have installed a complete build environment.
But I am assuming C::B installs its own make.
Still a bit confused about what to do, it was very convenient for C::B to installed alongside its own MinGW, it meant less work for the end-user.
Will C::B pick up the TDM installation ?
thomas:
--- Quote from: killerbot on July 11, 2009, 02:00:15 pm ---That's why it is best CB does not ship with a compiler. I would also prefer it would not ship with a compiler. Because when we sip with a new version o GCC, your libraries might not be usable since hey are build with a newer/older GCC.
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True, though on the other hand, we could probably avoid the rather common "I do this in Dev-CPP and it just works, but Code::Blocks say invalid compiler [YOUR ANSWER IS ALREADY THERE. SEARCH THE FORUMS!], helpz helpz!!!11!" problem by offering an "all in one bundled" install.
Advantages and disadvantages, like everything in life.
Ninds:
Thats fair enough, so what are your intentions ? Will you continue to ship the previous version of MinGW or will you be upgrading to the more recent GCC4 ?
killerbot:
a first thing we will try is to build CB itself with the latest MinGW release (in an upcoming nightly this switch is going to happen).
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