Re: Thinking toward mingw64 and mingw-get

Earnie Boyd schreef, Op 26-2-2013 21:27:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>> Op 26-2-2013 18:25, Earnie Boyd schreef:
>>> Currently the package subsystem defaults to mingw32.  Is this default
>>> controlled by the profile.xml file?  Could mingw-get consider the
>>> default to be mingw64 based on the value of PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE?
>>> Value of AMD64 defaults to mingw64
>>> Value of x86 defaults to mingw32
>>>
>>> Note this value will also depend on if mingw-get is a 64bit native
>>> binary versus a 32bit one.  So if someone downloads the 32bit
>>> mingw-get they will default to mingw32 while the 64bit native binary
>>> will default to mingw64.  The value of PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE will
>>> change if executing in SysWOW64 emulation mode to x86 and remain at
>>> AMD64 if running in native mode.
>> Are you also thinking of an msys64? Then we have to wait until Cygwin
>> has moved to 64 bit, which will be the end of this year I believe.
>>
> No, not really since this is a discussion of our default for mingw-get
> which currently is mingw32.
>
>> As far as I understand the mingw-w64 project only delivers the gcc
>> toolchain. So there is not much to 'mingw-get' for mingw-w64, until a
>> package collection of tools and libraries has been set up.
>>
> This discussion has nothing to do with mingw-w64 project.  We are our
> own entity and on this list only discuss MinGW related topics.
>

I don't understand what you are thinking about. Wherefore do you want an 
mingw64 subsystem?

-- 
Erwin Waterlander
http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/


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