Re: Thinking toward mingw64 and mingw-get

On 2/26/2013 9:08 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about the possibilities of the MinGW project offering
> both 32bit versions and 64bit versions of software.  So we'll offer
> mingw32-gcc and mingw64-gcc, etc and the end user experience in using
> mingw-get to do so.
>

Where should they be installed by default?

Option 1)

If the system is 32-bit:
   c:\MinGW -> mingw32
   No mingw64 option (it wouldn't run on a 32-bit system)

If the system is 64-bit:
   c:\MinGW   -> mingw64
   c:\MinGW32 -> mingw32

Option 2) (Same as option 1, but c:\MinGW32 -> c:\MinGW\32)

If the system is 32-bit:
   c:\MinGW -> mingw32
   No mingw64 option (it wouldn't run on a 32-bit system)

If the system is 64-bit:
   c:\MinGW    -> mingw64
   c:\MinGW\32 -> mingw32

Option 3)
   c:\MinGW32 -> mingw32
   c:\MinGW64 -> mingw64

Option 4)
   c:\MinGW\32 -> mingw32
   c:\MinGW\64 -> mingw64

The advantage of options 2 and 4 is that we have everything under one 
root only (c:\MinGW). The advantage of options 3 and 4 is that the paths 
are predictable (do not depend on the host architecture). The 
disadvantage of options 3 and 4 is the added redundancy if you only want 
the native compiler.

Regards,

Cesar


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