Re[2]: [Mingw-users] Fw: GPL - including source code when redistributing Mingw?

[Paul S. <pa...@is...>]

Hello Andrew,

Andrew R. Gillett <ar...@wh...> wrote:

>> I think the right way to get this is:
>>
>> Download
>>     binutils-19990818-1-msvcrt.zip
>>     gcc-2.95.2-1-msvcrt.zip
>>     mingw-msvcrt-20000203.zip
>>     binutils-fixes-msvcrt.zip
>> from the URL below.

ARG> GDB and make don't seem to be included in any of these. I've spent over an
ARG> hour downloading various files from the FTP site, but the layout of the site
ARG> is very confusing - it's very hard to tell what I need and what I don't
ARG> need. Ideally I just want to include on the CD the two self-extracting EXEs
ARG> (for Mingw and the docs), and the appropriate source. As far as the source
ARG> goes, I assume I would need to download gcc-2.95.2-1-src.tar.gz for GCC and
ARG> also binutils-19990818-1.src.tar.gz, but what about the source for other
ARG> tools such as GDB and make?

     *Ideally* (which is not currently the case with mingw32), there's
up-to-date GNU tools in use and binaries are distributed with patches
(little ones, which is not yet included in the official source). So, you
just get binaries and sources from local mirror or ftp.gnu.org . But
as I told, it's not the case currently. Nonetheless, Mumit's site
includes everyting you need - binaries, sources and patches. And after
spending couple of hour in you ftp client, you'll see that layout of
site rather wise. So, don't hasitate to do so.

     And by the way, thank you for chosing mingw for inclusion on your
CD.


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