Re: [Mingw-users] MinGW Directories

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

John Gaughan wrote:
> I think polluting the MinGW directory is a bad thing, so I will probably
> do what other libraries (e.g. wxWidgets) do: assume the user will unzip
> the source distribution to its own directory and put the headers inside
> that directory wherever it may be. I figure most people know how to add
> header and library directories to gcc's include path, and if not, I can
> always provide instructions. ...

I don't understand why this should be a concern.

If your package is self contained, with your headers and libraries built
within your distributed source tree, i.e. the one created when the user
unzips your package, then you can use -I and -L options to gcc, in your
makefile, with relative paths to the include and lib directories.  The
only instruction, wrt these paths, that you need to stipulate is to
change directory to the top of the unzipped source tree, before invoking
the build process.

Best regards,
Keith.