Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] mingw-get: default installation paths for MinGW and MSYS

[Charles W. <cwi...@us...>]

On 8/23/2010 11:05 AM, Keith Marshall wrote:
> On Saturday 21 August 2010 06:04:25 Charles Wilson wrote:
>> I've tested this configuration, [using %R to map sysroot prefix], 
> So, if I've understood correctly, you now have an installation where 
> the sysroot prefix is defined by %R, i.e.:
> 
>     <sysroot subsystem="mingw32" path="%R" />
>     <sysroot subsystem="MSYS" path="%R/msys/1.0" />

Correct.

>> (c) using this installation, under the msys-dvlpr personality, I
>> rebuilt msys-make-3.81-2, and ported msys-make-3.82-1 successfully. 
> 
> This is promising news...

Yep, it all seems to work.

> I've done some preliminary tinkering with mingw32 manifests, with a 
> view to accommodating *both* GCC-3 and GCC-4 installation, but I haven't 
> yet come far enough to make them usable,

What are the issues? Isn't this just a tuit problem for you|Cesar, or
are there some technical difficulties?

> and I am unlikely to have time 
> to look at it again, much before mid-October.

Urgh. I had wondered why the pace of msys-*.xml updates had slowed.
Would it help if I made the more mechanical changes (adding the vertical
space, removing old versions, moving the license|source entries "up
front", etc) and checked them in?

> Notwithstanding, I'd like to push out mingw-get-alpha-3, to catch up 
> with a few bug fixes,  before the time I currently have available dries 
> up completely; 

That would be good.

> I'd like to include the adjustment to defaults.xml, (to 
> map the default prefix from %R), as part of that release. 

That would appear to be okay, based on my testing.

> (I haven't 
> had time to perform exhaustive testing, but I have been using a mingw32 
> installation based on the existing GCC-3 package sets, installed by 
> mingw-get-alpha-2 with %R as sysroot, and I haven't experienced any 
> problem in routine use, so I am confident it is ready for a more 
> public trial).

Ack.

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Chuck