Re: [Gm2] Grafting onto the GCC trunk

[SiTex Graphics]

There isn't yet a pre-configured gcc 4.6 for mingw, but I'd guess that
will be forthcoming.

-Scott

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Gaius Mulley <address@hidden> wrote:
> Michael Lambert <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On 28 Mar 2011, at 14:01, SiTex Graphics wrote:
>>
>>> Would it make sense to work towards a gm2 build based on a more recent
>>> version of GCC as part of the preparation for an eventual graft?
>>>
>>> I would like to be able to use gm2 with mingw to produce 64-bit
>>> Windows binaries, but there was never been an official mingw version
>>> that worked with 4.1.2.  I've tried building based on sources; so far
>>> no bliss.  If there were a gm2 based on gcc 4.5, I think getting mingw
>>> to work would be much easier.
>>
>> Since gcc 4.6 was just released and 4.7 has now been forked for development, 
>> I wonder if one of those would be a better staring point.
>>
>> Michael
>
> Hi Michael and Scott,
>
> ok sure this does sound sensible - and pragmatic.  We all get a stable
> gm2 based on 4.6 and later this minimises the leap to trunk.  I presume
> gcc 4.6 is good for mingw as well?
>
> regards,
> Gaius
>