From a46ee5b4d79311fe304c59ce115ebf3b725a295c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Uwe Hermann Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 19:27:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: Mention that only MinGW-w64 works (but not MinGW). --- README | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 7666a5c..4e2ba26 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ Building ======== The package uses a GNU style build system and requires a Unix style shell. -On Windows it can be built with the MinGW toolchain and MSYS environment. + +Windows builds can be created natively with the MinGW-w64 toolchain and +MSYS environment, or cross-compiled using a MinGW-w64 toolchain: + + http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ + +The "old" MinGW from http://mingw.org/ is not supported. Run "./autogen.sh" to generate the build system, "./configure" to setup, then "make" to build the library and "make install" to install it.