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From: MARTIN P. <hic...@gm...> - 2012-05-15 13:25:52
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> Don't know, I use the latest MSYS stuff from their downloads site. Ok! > So let's say i just put the original mingw-get binary in the > MinGW-w64 version, it would then work with other programs > installed via mingw-get? > It should work, but again: if you like mingw-get, just use that. This is very interesting. i'm cloning a virtual machine and testing right now. i would love to get mingw-get again! > Then what is the point of the MinGW-w64 version of the MSYS > package? Only changes to /etc or something more complex? > This package originated from before mingw-get. I like the unzip+use philosophy for development tools, as I move stuff around a lot. So I manually downloaded all MSYS packages and stuffed them together. Nothing more :). That's it? i'm guilty. i wrongly thought that this MinGW-w64 version of MSYS was patched to allow the new toolchain to be ran from it. This is good news for me! Thanks Ruben, you're helping me a lot understanding how things are interacting all-together. Pierre. |