Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Tutorial buglet?

[Volker Grabsch]

Werner LEMBERG schrieb:
> > - or, copy freetype-config in
> > usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-freetype-config, and refer to it. Note that
> > autotools and configure.ac scripts often use commands that will
> > first try to use i686-w64-mingw32-freetype-config, if available, and
> > then freetype-config otherwise, it you tell ./configure that you are
> > cross building.
> 
> I think this is solution to go.  Looking into <mxe>/usr/bin, I see
> that some config files like `libgcrypt-config' have a proper softlink,
> created by mxe's `libgcrypt.mk':
> 
>   ln -sf '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/libgcrypt-config' \
>          '$(PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET)-libgcrypt-config'
> 
> but for many others it is missing.  So maybe similar lines should be
> added for all such config files.

Yes, this is the right way to do it. Never add
"$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin" to your PATH!

It would be great if you could provide a patch
(or a pull request) that adds some of the missing
symlinks.


Regards,
Volker

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Volker Grabsch
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