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authorRon Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>2022-11-09 16:39:33 +0000
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Microsoft Windows build now uses w64devkit.
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15`dnf install mingw32-gcc mingw32-windows-default-manifest` (for a 32-bit build) 15`dnf install mingw32-gcc mingw32-windows-default-manifest` (for a 32-bit build)
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17On Microsoft Windows you can install MSYS2 and a 64-bit toolchain by following [these instructions](https://www.msys2.org/#installation). To obtain a 32-bit toolchain run: 17On Microsoft Windows you can install [w64devkit](https://github.com/skeeto/w64devkit/releases). The `-mini` variant is sufficient. Get the `-i686` variant for a 32-bit build. Unzip the file and run `w64devkit/w64devkit.exe`.
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19`pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-i686-toolchain` 19On either Linux or Windows the commands `make mingw64_defconfig` or `make mingw32_defconfig` will pick up the default configuration. You can then customize your build with `make menuconfig` or by editing `.config`, if you know what you're doing.
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21Run `mingw64.exe` or `mingw32.exe` from the installation directory. 21Then just `make`.
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23On either Linux or Windows the commands `make mingw64_defconfig` or `make mingw32_defconfig` will pick up the default configuration. You can then customize your build with `make menuconfig` (Linux only) or by editing `.config`, if you know what you're doing.
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25Then just `make` or `make CROSS_COMPILE=""` on Windows.
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27### Limitations 23### Limitations
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