[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 60efb0a 06/10: Improve documentation

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 60efb0a8b8d17af9d9c0e0a711cf8ded5c157936
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>

    Improve documentation
---
 msw_cygwin.make | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/msw_cygwin.make b/msw_cygwin.make
index b5ea95b..0caf4f1 100644
--- a/msw_cygwin.make
+++ b/msw_cygwin.make
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ system_root := /cygdrive/c
 
 
################################################################################
 
-# Use cygwin as a quasi-cross-compiler for an i686-pc-mingw32 target.
+# Use cygwin as a quasi-cross-compiler for --host=*-w64-mingw32.
 
-# For autotoolized libraries, pass these flags to 'configure':
-# cross_compile_flags := --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=$(LMI_TRIPLET)
+# For autotoolized libraries, pass flags such as these to 'configure':
+# cross_compile_flags := --build=x86_64-pc-cygwin --host=$(LMI_TRIPLET)
 
 
################################################################################
 
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ system_root := /cygdrive/c
 
 gcc_bin_dir := /MinGW_/bin/
 
-# Oddly, MinGW-w64 provides prefixed versions of compilers:
+# Oddly, MinGW-w64 provides prefixed versions of compilers, e.g.:
 #   i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe
-#   i686-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
-# but not of the other tools.
+#   x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
+# but not of the other tools. Yet its distributed archives each
+# contain a distinct subdirectory indicating word size, e.g.:
+#   mingw32/bin/g++.exe in 'i686-*' archives
+#   mingw64/bin/g++.exe in 'x86_64-*' archives
+# which can potentially coexist.
 
 #host_hyphen := $(LMI_TRIPLET)-
 host_hyphen :=