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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2016-09-06 11:30:02 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2016-09-06 11:30:02 +0200
commit1347d8b34b8675c8bb85aaf28b23e6bcbd121f2b (patch)
treedde6d4fed1289f33ad3ba723c744895ede6813ee /BOOTSTRAP-MINGW.cli
parentd2fbd1b0c7d11372b89ec7655dc80fa8b957d96c (diff)
Minor updates to build scripts
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// license : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
"
-Continuing with Windows Bootstrap, to build with MinGW you can either perform
-the following steps manually or, if you are happy with using the defaults, run
-the \c{build-mingw.bat} batch file. It performs (and echoes) the same set of
-steps as outline below but only allows you to customization the compiler and
-installation directory (run \c{build-mingw.bat /?} for usage) and you can also
+Continuing with \l{#BOOTSTRAP-WINDOWS Bootstrapping on Windows}, if you are
+using your own MinGW distribution, then the resulting \c{build2} binaries will
+most likely required a number of DLLs in order to run. It is therefore
+recommended that you copy the following files from your MinGW \c{bin\\}
+subdirectory to \c{C:\\build2\\bin\\} (\c{*} in the last name will normally be
+\c{dw2-1}, \c{seh-1}, or \c{sjlj-1}):
+
+\
+libwinpthread-1.dll
+libstdc++-6.dll
+libgcc_s_*.dll
+\
+
+To build with MinGW you can either perform the following steps manually or, if
+after reviewing the steps, you are happy with using the defaults, run the
+\c{build-mingw.bat} batch file. It performs (and echoes) the same set of steps
+as outline below but only allows you to customization the compiler and
+installation directory (run \c{build-mingw.bat /?} for usage). You can also
specify an alternative package repository with the \c{BUILD2_REPO} environment
variable.