From 11f192c2bc15b468379032f329d8805aac4a0886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Smith Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:08:04 +0100 Subject: doc: Added note about which MinGW package to use and where to get it. Task-number: QTBUG-5764 --- doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc | 20 ++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc index 4577bf0..cbe5ad6 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc @@ -97,12 +97,24 @@ \o mingw32-make 3.80.0-3 \endlist + \note For users of the MinGW binary package: This package is now + based on MinGW 4.4. The installer no longer offers to download + MinGW for you, but rather offers to use a version of MinGW that + you already have installed on your machine. You just tell the + installer which directory MinGW is installed in. If you don't + already have MinGW 4.4 installed, you can download a .zip archive + from our \l{ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/misc/MinGW-gcc440_1.zip} {ftp + site}. This archive provides fixes to MinGW and support for + missing API, See the _patches directory in the archive for + details. + \section2 GCC 4.0.0 - The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to miscompilations. - We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use a recent CVS snapshot of the - GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC 4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 - "Tiger" is known to work with Qt for Mac OS X. + The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to + miscompilations. We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use + a recent CVS snapshot of the GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC + 4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" is known to work + with Qt for Mac OS X. \section2 HP-UX -- cgit v0.12