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authorjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-07-20 08:37:27 (GMT)
committerjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-07-20 08:37:27 (GMT)
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Add instrunctions how to (cross-)compile win32/win64 binaries on Linux, Darwin or Cygwin
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diff --git a/win/README b/win/README
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+++ b/win/README
@@ -24,28 +24,28 @@ In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following:
or
- Linux + MinGW-w64 (any distribution e.g. Ubuntu)
- (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables)
+ Linux + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/]
+ (win32 or win64)
or
Cygwin + MinGW-w64 [http://cygwin.com/install.html]
- (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables)
+ (win32 or win64)
or
Darwin + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/]
- (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables)
+ (win32 or win64)
or
Msys + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/]
- (for either 32-bit or 64-bit executables)
+ (win32 or win64)
or
- Msys + Mingw [http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml]
- (32-bit executables only)
+ Msys + MinGW [http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml]
+ (win32 only)
In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 and the TEA
@@ -67,20 +67,20 @@ configure/build process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want
to refer to ../unix/README for available configure options.
If you want 64-bit executables (x86_64), you need to configure using
-the --enable-64bit option. Then make sure that the x86_64-w64-mingw32
+the --enable-64bit option. Make sure that the x86_64-w64-mingw32
compiler is present. For Cygwin this compiler can be found in the
"mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core" package, which can be installed through
the normal Cygwin install process. If you only want 32-bit executables,
-the "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" package is what you need. If your Linux
-distribution does not have a MinGW-w64 package, you can download one
-from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/]
+the "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" package is what you need. For Linux, Darwin
+and Msys, you can download a suitable win32 or win64 compiler from
+[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/]
Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl. It will install it
according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory
structure.
-Note that in order to run tclsh86.exe, you must ensure that tcl86.dll is on
-your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing
+Note that in order to run tclsh85.exe, you must ensure that tcl85.dll is
+on your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing
tclsh86.exe.
Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s.