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Just wondering if there are any fans of the original #MinGW 32 bit compiler project that was created before MinGW-w64. If so, let me know. #Windows #OpenSource #FOSS #AskFedi

Last week I was a little annoyed about missing Microsoft C++ Build Tools #MSVC on a system without admin rights. I needed a compiler for building the #python C++ extension I developed a while ago. Annoyed not because I could not ask someone to install it for me, but annoyed because of the lack of compiler choices in this particular case. I have to use the MSVC instead of let's say #g++ which I could easily install via the #MinGW-w64 #conda package myself.

I found out that I can tell #setuptools (the backend build system) via #pip config settings to use a different compiler during build:

Did you know that the #XLibre #X11 server is now built on 7 different operating system environments including #mingw, #macOS, #FreeBSD, #DragonflyBSD, and #NetBSD? Thanks
@XLibreDev. This is what "actively maintained" looks to me.

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2025/12/14/12789/cross-compile-%e5%be%9e-linux-%e5%88%b0-windows-rust-%e8%bb%9f%e9%ab%94/

Cross compile (從 Linux 到 Windows) Rust 軟體

#build #cargo #compile #cross #linux #mingw #psst #rust #rustup #w64 #windows

I hate the #CPlusPlus #Make #Mingw ecosystem.

Following the readme, and it still won’t build.

Update for #RunCPM v6.7 #Windows
Starterpack 32&64Bit

- compiled with #MinGW GCC v15.2.0r1 MSVCRT
- Fix for abstraction_vstudio.h
(maybe unused by compile with MinGW-Compiler)

Get it at
https://github.com/guidol70/RunCPM_Windows/raw/refs/heads/main/v6_7/GL20250907_RunCPM_Win_v6_7_Internal_64K_Starterpack.zip

I'm working on building the #Xorg server #XWin natively on #Windows using #MinGW. I have a 32 bit version that works fine and I'm attempting to get a 64 bit version built. I know there are a few other projects like #XMing and #VcXsrv that also have native builds of the Xorg server. I need XWin for work where I'm limited to using a Windows machine and trying to Xforward information to it. Is anyone else using XWin or interested in using an X server on Windows? #AskFedi

C++ для самых маленьких: Введение в программирование на С++. Часть 1

C++ — это язык программирования, который был создан как улучшенная версия языка C. Он появился очень давно (в 1985 году), но до сих пор используется повсеместно: в играх, браузерах, операционных системах, автомобилях и даже в искусственном интеллекте! В этой статье мы установим все инструменты для С++!

https://habr.com/ru/articles/919330/

#c++ #gcc #g++ #vscode #mingw #msvc #c #compiler

Настройка отладки C++ проекта через GDB в VSCode

Если вы работаете над собственными библиотеками на C++, особенно такими, где важна строгая типизация и предсказуемое поведение компилятора, то наверняка сталкивались с ситуацией, когда Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVS) сама "подчищает" за вами типы или подключает лишние зависимости. Иногда это удобно, но при разработке низкоуровневого кода это может мешать. В этой статье я расскажу, как перейти с MSVC на MinGW , правильно настроить CMake и использовать GDB для отладки вашего C++-проекта прямо в Visual Studio Code .

https://habr.com/ru/articles/918878/

#c++ #vscode #mingw #c++_compiler #компилятор #настройка

Руководство по сборке Qt под Windows из исходников с MinGW

Официальный способ установки готовых бинарников Qt - через онлайн инсталлятор. Однако он требует обязательной регистрации. Да еще и недоступен на территории РФ. Есть и другие способы получить бинарники, или собрать с компилятором от Microsoft , однако не всегда эти способы приемлемы. Сборка из исходников под Windows может оказаться несколько нетривиальна для новичков, потому сделал небольшую инструкцию по сборке Qt 5 и Qt 6. А так же рассмотрена базовая настройка QT Creator.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/917252/

#qt #windows #mingw #mingww64 #qt5 #qt6 #mingw64

MinGW tools setup for Windows - g++, make, gdb

https://spectra.video/w/q4bUox3hUJXepTREBXf5K4

Я тут немного упоролся и начал собирать всякие dev-версии программ на golang в #mingw и закидывать готовые бинарники и прочие ресурсы на vps и недосервер. И вот это недоразумение там внезапно работает.

Ерундой такой начал заниматься из-за того, что компьютер с MinGW банально мощнее и собирает программы быстрее.

Я так уже #gotosocial и #gitea попробовал собрать, и всё работает.

Такие дела.

#linux #soft

At the beginning of the semester I had students install g++ and gdb via the MinGW installer.

Now that we're using gdb in an assignment, one student's gdb isn't recognizing the executable file they built using "g++ -g blah.cpp" and such.

It is giving "not in executable format: file format not recognized" - which seems like an x64/x86 mismatch? Haven't seen this problem with any other students yet.

#gdb #mingw

What are the mechanisms that control exported symbols when cross-compiling a shared library for Windows using MingW? The latest build of DuckDB (our dependency) fails to export the C-API symbols (but the symbols from other objects are present). The first bad commit doesn't seem to change anything with the build. Where can we look next?

- Issue: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/issues/13911
- First bad commit: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/commit/d1ea1538c9217fb536485f1500f04a0b55b1e584
- Julia discussion: https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-could-not-load-symbol-from-jll-package/125340/

#MinGW #DuckDB #CAPI #Windows #DLL

I've been checking out how projects like #Busybox-w32, #msys and #GNUWin32 handle links in their utility programs like ln & ls. The comparison is very interesting. I really like Busybox-w32's use of hard links and how they show up with ls -i. They've done a wonderful job getting Busybox working on Windows. I'm investigating if Busybox-w32 can be used in place of msys when building #FLOSS #C projects with #mingw.

I can neither confirm, nor deny that this is a running #win32 port of #DOjS. Please move on, there is nothing to see (because it does not yet start on #Win98)...

#Javascript #RetroComputing #CreativeCoding #processing #p5js #mingw

@krishean I've had somewhat of a success with creating the gcc using this script I cobbled together:
https://gist.github.com/SuperIlu/1f0ed930d907442c0fcb2566f7e63ae9

The resulting binary runs fine on VBox and 86box.
It bluescreens on my AMD K6-II machine. But that seems to be a little wonky, so I'll re-check on another machine later..

#mingw #win98 #allegro #RetroComputing

I'm hitting a bit of a wall here. Other sources tell me these DLLs are part of the VSC 2015 redist, but that is not available for win98!

Is there a way to target #win98 with #mingw?
Am I missing something obvious?

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This weekend I tried to compile #Allegro for #Win9x with #mingw.
I was able to get the examples running on #Win10, but when I copied them over to my #Win98 box they crashed with an illegal instruction.
That happened because mingw on #Ubuntu is targeting i686 and I have an AMD K6-II in my test rig.
Then I tried compiling mingw myself with i386 as a target, that failed because the 386 is missing an instruction that is needed by the runtime library.
I got it working with i486, though.

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#Wine está bien para software antiguo o que nunca tuvo intención de tener una versión para #GNU. Software que pretende ser multiplataforma debería descartar Wine y utilizar la API nativa que además tiene mejor soporte en Windows del que Wine (puede) ofrece(r) en GNU gracias a #MinGW y #Cygwin.

Sure, but #Windows is still an Achilles Heal for the #AutoTools, unless you use #MinGW & #MSYS:

“What Autoconf Got Right”, Leah Neukirchen (https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2024/04/what-autoconf-got-right.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40544336

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/ebnqzl/what_autoconf_got_right

#Unix #Autoconf #Build #Configure

I've begun the process of switch Rust's Windows CI to Server 2022, starting with the mingw builders: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/124562

This was tried a couple of years ago, but there some issues with mingw - so kudos to the folks that investigated and fixed those (sorry that I don't have links)!

Next step, the MSVC builders, which will require bumping the version of Clang that's used to build LLVM first...

#RustLang #Rust #windows #mingw

minma-list ga-noo fer win-dows

#MinGW #midwest

Reddit tells me that #MSYS2 is one of the more comprehensive and up-to-date distributions of #MinGW-w64, so i'm gonna use that.

the funny thing about this one is that it uses regular pacman

(neofetch came by default - that was not my doing!)

Установка GCC в сборке MinGW

Установка коллекции компиляторов GCC (GNU Compilers Collection) в Windows и первичная настройка для дальнейшей работы.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/794630/

#C #C++ #D #Ada #mingw #mingw32 #mingww64 #mingw64