Re: Status of the MSYS/MSVC port

[Charles Wilson]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> My own MinGW install dates from the 2002/2003 time frame. :-)
> 
> At the time MinGW/MSYS was a simple install.  Nowadays it seems to be
> all jumbled up so I have not tried to cross the hurdle of an update.

Yes, the MinGW download site is a disaster, thanks to SF "improvements".
However, TDM has done a lot of the grunt work, and written a custom
installer program. It can install his custom MinGW distribution, OR it
can also install the official MinGW. I haven't tried it, but it's worth
a look (and beats the unmaintained "official" installer hands down...

http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/
--
Chuck