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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 9a493d96a..c15492b63 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ There are no less than four ports of OCaml for MS Windows available: - a native Win32 port, built with the Microsoft development tools; - - a native Win32 port, built with the Cygwin/MinGW development tools; + - a native Win32 port, built with the 32-bit version of the gcc + compiler from the mingw-w64 project, packaged in Cygwin + (under the name mingw64-i686); - a port consisting of the Unix sources compiled under the Cygwin Unix-like environment for Windows; - a native Win64 port (64-bit Windows), built with the Microsoft @@ -183,10 +185,6 @@ by Jacob Navia, then significantly improved by Christopher A. Watford. The native Win32 port built with Mingw -------------------------------------- -NOTE: Due to changes in cygwin's compilers, this port is not available -in OCaml 3.12.1. A patch will be made available soon after the release -of 3.12.1. - REQUIREMENTS: This port runs under MS Windows Vista, XP, and 2000. @@ -202,11 +200,27 @@ and the flexdll tool, available at http://alain.frisch.fr/flexdll.html You will need to install at least the following Cygwin packages (use the Setup tool from Cygwin): -binutils, gcc-core, gcc-mingw-core, mingw-runtime, w32api. -Do *not* install the Mingw/MSYS development tools from www.mingw.org: -these are not compatible with this Caml port (@responsefile not -recognized on the command line). + mingw64-i686-binutils + mingw64-i686-gcc + mingw64-i686-runtime + + +NOTE: + - There is another 32-bit gcc compiler, from the MinGW.org + project, packaged in Cygwin under the name mingw-gcc. + It is not currently supported by flexdll and OCaml. + + - The standard gcc compiler shipped with Cygwin used to + support a "-mno-cygwin" option, which turned the compiler + into a mingw compiler. This option was used + by previous versions of flexdll and OCaml, but it is no + longer available in recent version, hence the switch + to another toolchain packaged in Cygwin. + + - The standalone mingw toolchain from the MinGW-w64 project + (http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/) is not supported. + Please use the version packaged in Cygwin instead. The LablTk GUI requires Tcl/Tk 8.5. Windows binaries are available as part of the ActiveTCL distribution at @@ -235,14 +249,19 @@ RECOMPILATION FROM THE SOURCES: You will need the following software components to perform the recompilation: - Windows NT, 2000, XP, or Vista. - Cygwin: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ - Install at least the following packages: binutils, diffutils, - gcc-core, gcc-mingw-core, make, mingw-runtime, ncurses, w32api. + Install at least the following packages: + mingw64-i686-binutils + mingw64-i686-gcc + mingw64-i686-runtime + diffutils + make + ncurses - TCL/TK version 8.5 (see above). - The flexdll tool (see above). -Do *not* install the standalone distribution of MinGW, nor the -companion MSYS tools: these have problems with long command lines. -Instead, use the version of MinGW provided by Cygwin. +The standalone mingw toolchain from the MinGW-w64 project +(http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/) is not supported. Please use the +version packaged in Cygwin instead. Start a Cygwin shell and unpack the source distribution (ocaml-X.YY.Z.tar.gz) with "tar xzf". Change to the top-level @@ -345,7 +364,7 @@ THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx under the name "Microsoft Windows 7 SDK". -[2] flexdll version 0.23 or later. +[2] flexdll version 0.27 or later. Can be downloaded from http://alain.frisch.fr/flexdll.html |