Re: Test BinUtils v2.23.2

On 03/04/13 22:25, arthur wrote:
> On 03/04/2013 12:40 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> ...Take a look at the -src class for the current binutils
>> release,
>
> I have downloaded the -src class file. Can I also use mingw-get to
> get/update any -src class file?

mingw-get source mingw32-binutils

mingw-get source mingw32-lua

>> and see if you can incorporate the existing mgwport for the
>> new release.
>
> I just mingw-get install mgwport. Google also gives a git link (
> http://gitorious.org/mgwport ), do I need to clone a local copy to use
> mgwport. Why this git is not on SF?

I don't know why.  However, it isn't an accepted project standard, (and
IMO, it needs *considerable* further development, before it is anywhere 
near being ready for such acceptance.

Contrast the effects of the two mingw-get commands above; (the first is 
mgwport packaged, the second isn't -- I used a much simpler home brewed 
script framework to create it).  Until mgwport can deliver a structure 
similar to that I've used for lua, I will not consider it acceptable.

-- 
Regards,
Keith.

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