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Diffstat (limited to 'BOOTSTRAP-MINGW.cli')
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/BOOTSTRAP-MINGW.cli b/BOOTSTRAP-MINGW.cli index 13f5969..7617f61 100644 --- a/BOOTSTRAP-MINGW.cli +++ b/BOOTSTRAP-MINGW.cli @@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ 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 outlined below but only allows you to customize 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. +as outlined below but only allows you to customize the compiler, installation +directory, and a few other things (run \c{build-mingw.bat /?} for usage). For example, if your MinGW distribution is in \c{C:\\mingw\\}, then you could run it (from the command prompt that we have started earlier) like this: @@ -38,11 +36,19 @@ use just \c{g++} for the compiler: > .\build-mingw.bat g++ \ +If you would like to speed the process up by compiling in parallel, then you +can instruct \c{build-mingw.bat} to bootstrap using GNU make (comes in +the \c{build2-mingw} package), for example: + +\ +> .\build-mingw.bat --make mingw32-make --make -j8 g++ +\ + Note also that at about half way through (\c{bpkg fetch} at step 4 below) the script will stop and prompt you to verify the authenticity of the repository -certificate. To run the script unattended you can specify the repository -fingerprint as a second argument, after the installation directory (see -\c{build-mingw.bat /?} for details). +certificate. To run the script unattended you can specify the certificate +fingerprint with the \c{--trust} option (see \c{build-mingw.bat /?} for +details). The end result of the bootstrap process (performed either with the script or manually) is the installed toolchain as well as the \c{bpkg} configuration in @@ -77,6 +83,16 @@ compile options; run \c{bootstrap-mingw.bat /?} and see the > build2\b-boot --version \ +Alternatively, we can use the \c{bootstrap.gmake} GNU makefile to bootstrap +in parallel: + +\ +> cd build2 +> mingw32-make -f bootstrap.gmake -j 8 CXX=g++ LDFLAGS=-static + +> build2\b-boot --version +\ + | \li|\n\b{2. Bootstrap, Phase 2}\n |