Christopher Main
2014-Aug-14 23:16 UTC
[syslinux] Building syslinux on Windows using MinGW
Is there a specific version of MinGW which is supposed to work for this? Any guidelines for building on Windows? Chris
On 8/14/2014 19:16, Christopher Main wrote:> Is there a specific version of MinGW which is supposed to work for this? Any guidelines for building on Windows? >Which MinGW are you using on Windows and did you encounter an error when you tried to build? - Shao Miller
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Shao Miller <sha0.miller at gmail.com> wrote:> On 8/14/2014 19:16, Christopher Main wrote: >> >> Is there a specific version of MinGW which is supposed to work for this? >> Any guidelines for building on Windows? > > Which MinGW are you using on Windows and did you encounter an error when you > tried to build?Why would you want to build it in general? Are you looking to make binaries that are compatible with particular Linux libraries/versions? Generally speaking, you can use the precompiled binaries in the binary/source archive on any x86 machine matching the basic platform (Linux/x86, Win32, Win64; Most Linux/x64 systems include bits for executing Linux/x86 binaries) of the particular binary. Why do you specifically want to build in WIndows on MinGW? For starters, you'd need pretty much everything you'd find in a Linux environment that'd build Syslinux. This includes gcc, binutils, nasm, libuuid, perl, and the appropriate cross-platform compiler pieces for starters. -- -Gene
On 08/14/2014 04:16 PM, Christopher Main wrote:> Is there a specific version of MinGW which is supposed to work for this? Any guidelines for building on Windows?This is not currently supported. Certainly building anything other than the Windows installer is extremely unlikely to work. -hpa
Christopher Main
2014-Aug-15 00:39 UTC
[syslinux] Building syslinux on Windows using MinGW
Ok, thanks. -----Original Message----- From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 5:15 PM To: Christopher Main; syslinux at zytor.com Subject: Re: [syslinux] Building syslinux on Windows using MinGW On 08/14/2014 04:16 PM, Christopher Main wrote:> Is there a specific version of MinGW which is supposed to work for this? Any guidelines for building on Windows?This is not currently supported. Certainly building anything other than the Windows installer is extremely unlikely to work. -hpa