[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Support Requests-520707 ] How to recompile mingw?

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Support Requests item #520707, was opened at 2002-02-20 17:54
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Category: None
Group: None
>Status: Pending
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Wirawan Purwanto (wirawan0)
>Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: How to recompile mingw?

Initial Comment:
This question is mainly for those who maintain the 
binary version of mingw:

I am trying to recompile the gcc (i.e. gcc, g++, and 
g77) for mingw distribution. How to do this? Do you 
usually use cygwin's gcc to compile, or mingw's own 
gcc?

Let me show you what I have:

- a working gcc version 2.95.3-6 (mingw distribution)
- a working cygwin environment

To make use the mingw gcc, I've set the mingw's path 
to precede the cygwin's, so that cygwin tools wouldn't 
be chosen in place of mingw's.

The main hurdle with using mingw's own gcc is that:
[a] mingw's gcc does not recognize POSIX-styled path 
names. This can be aleviated easily.
[b] mingw's gcc does not recognize the (soft)links 
that are made by the scripts.

How do you usually do it? Please help me. How does 
MSYS help us in this respect? Right now I assume that 
MSYS would still make the soft-links as the cygwin's 
ln does.

Thanks,
Wirawan

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