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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update FAQ listing required packages for building Cygwin
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin () cygwin ! com>
Date: 2016-06-29 14:27:45
Message-ID: 20160629142745.GM981 () calimero ! vinschen ! de
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On Jun 29 15:18, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 29/06/2016 09:04, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > On Jun 28 15:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > On Jun 28 13:39, Jon Turney wrote:
> > > > docbook2X is now required for building documentation
> > > > libiconv differences between x86_64 and x86 no longer exist
> > >
> > > Please apply.
> >
> > Sorry, but that was not quite correct. Apparently I only skimmed the
> > log text, not the actual patch. Doh.
> >
> > When building 32 bit Cygwin, you need the 64 bit Mingw compiler for
> > cyglsa64.dll. The reason is that 32 bit cyglsa.dll won't work on 64 bit
> > systems, even if Cygwin itself is running under WOW64. Since we don't
> > know if the user runs Cygwin on 32 bit or under WOW64, we have to create
> > *both* cyglsa DLLs for 32 bit Cygwin, while it's obviously sufficient to
> > build only the 64 bit version for 64 bit Cygwin.
>
> Yes, I somehow though it said mingw64-i686-gcc-core rather than
> mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core.
>
> How about the attached?
Should be fine, given that cyglsa is plain C. Please go ahead.
Thanks,
Corinna
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