Re: rfc/rfh: i686-w64-mingw32 cross target

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

>> /gnu/store/6556syz1732jnffnp0njikr5g6diqvch-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe
>>    Hello, world!
>>    18:18:39 address@hidden:~/src/mingw-guix
>
> That’s very cool!

Thanks!  I have just built a full blown gcc compiler (this example
only had a plain c-gcc) and am working with phant0mas on cross-build
issues.

> I have also been working on a cross-compiler using newlib:
>
>    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg00106.html
>
> I’m not sure it’s fully working as I only have one board to test it.
> Maybe there’s something in there you find useful?

Thanks, that's great!  Are these the only patches you had to make?
I find that for mingw, many packages need to be patched and it
would be nice to have support for that.

Greetings,
Jan

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