• MinGW cross-compiler

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2008-01-20
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MinGW cross-compiler

This section contains various resources for compiling win32 apps from Linux and building your own cross-compiler.
Just in case if you don't know already, the MinGW cross-compiler is a modified version of GCC plus some helper programs, which gives the developer an opportunity to compile win32 binaries (.exe-s) without ever leaving Linux or some other non-primitive operating system.

Notes:

Note: If you're looking for an updated version of the cross-compiler, I suggest checking out http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/CrossToolchain:/mingw/, which contains a very nice build of the gcc-3.4.5 cross-compiler. If you require gcc-3.3.x (e.g. because of 3.3 ABI), this page is still a place to get it. It contains version 3.3.1, which is the last good version of gcc-3.3 cross-compiler (3.3.3 had too many problems). If you're feeling adventurous and want to check out gcc-4.x (which still has problems cross-wise and is not officially released by the mingw team yet), you can check these links - http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/, http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=108215.

There's also mingw based on gcc-3.3.3, but it has serious problems: a) gcc-3.3.3 didn't compile out-of-the-box, unlike 3.3.1, and required some manual patching from my side. There is a bug report in MinGW's database about this. b) After installing the new compiler, it failed to produce the correct executables in some cases (the programs would hang/crash/etc...).
Due to all this, I decided to skip this version.

Documentation:
These documents are written by me using the information from various places in the internet. Accept my apology for broken English, it's not my primary language.

• Using MinGW cross-compiler HOWTO - Instructions for simple users who don't want to mess with the building of cross-compiler.

Downloads:

Note: Everything is built on Red Hat 9 machine, glibc-2.3.3-20.

• mingw-cross-gcc331-031201.ash.i586.tar.bz2 - The mingw cross compiler binaries, based on: gcc-3.3.1-20030804-1, binutils-2.13.90.0.4, mingw-runtime-3.2, w32api-2.4.
• mingw-cross-gcc331-docs-031201.ash.i586.tar.bz2 - Man and info pages for gcc and binutils. You don't really need this if you have the native compiler installed, as you can use the the documentation that came with you real GCC and Binutils.
• cross-scripts.tar.gz - cross-configure, cross-make, etc... - scripts for easy cross-compiling of autoconf'ed Unix software for win32.
• gcc-build-scripts.tar.gz - Simple shell scripts for easy building of MinGW under Linux.
• binutils-2.14.90-20030807-1.bin.tar.bz2 - Newer (experimental and problematic) binutils. Download only if you're having problems with the version included in the archive above. Install by simply overwriting files.

Links:

• http://www.mingw.org - Home of MinGW, Minimalist GNU for Windows compiler. If you are interested in win32 native version of gcc, visit this site.
• http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/ - - Sam Lantinga's (aka Slouken) cross-compiler page (a bit outdated).