Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] difference between your projects

[Tony Theodore]

On 4 January 2012 04:53,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear both lists,
> I would like to understand better what is the difference between your two 
> projects, in term of cross-compilation capabilities (linux -> windows).

The main differences are:
- mingw-w64 provides headers and runtime that allow you to build both
64 and 32-bit compilers, and also complete binary toolchains for
various operating systems.
- mingw-cross-env is 32-bit only (using the mingw.org headers and
runtime), and automates the process of building the cross-compilers
and many other libraries, with a focus on building static binaries.

> mingw-64 seems to be a much bigger project, but has not factual documentation 
> on how to actually setup the cross-compiling environment.

Take a look at the documentation here:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/download%20filename%20structure

and here if you want to build your own:

http://mingw-w64.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mingw-w64/trunk/mingw-w64-doc/howto-build/

Cheers,

Tony