From: NightStrike <nig...@gm...> - 2009-07-02 03:57:45
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It might be easier to use the win32 hosted toolchain (this will easily run on win32 or win64). Put it anywhere in your system, like /opt/win64. Then, just put /opt/win64/bin in your path, and use the binaries that are in there. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, McWilliams, Steven<Ste...@bm...> wrote: > I have a basic question about mingw-w64 that I need help with please. In the past I have used msys+mingw to compile postgres to run on 32 bit windows platforms. Now I would like to be able to compile postgres to run on 64 bit windows platforms, for which I am trying to use msys+mingw-w64. > > I downloaded the mingw-w64_x86-64_mingw32_4.4.0-1.zip file and unzipped it into c:\mingw_64 on my 64 bit windows platform. How do I hook it up for use with msys however? Normally I edit the msys /etc/fstab file and add the entry "/c/mingw /mingw" to do so, so my first assumption was to change the entry to "/c/mingw_64 /mingw" in this case, or perhaps "c/mingw_64/mingw /mingw", however neither approach ends up with a version of gcc.exe in the msys path which works. > > Seems like I am missing something fundamental about how to use mingw-w64. > > Thanks in advance, > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > |