From 42b3cf3b987d8fbeaba9b59cfa0ae788731953bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Ling Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:06:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README: Add note on building for MSYS2/Cygwin. --- README | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 840a696..630702b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ To build from MSYS2, the following packages must be installed: autoconf, automake-wrapper, libtool, make, and either mingw-w64-i686-gcc (for 32-bit) or mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc (for 64-bit). Open either the "MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit" or "MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit" command window from the Start menu and use this when -configuring and building the package. The "MSYS2 MSYS" shell will not work. +configuring and building the package. Using the "MSYS2 MSYS" shell will build +against the Cygwin compatibility layer; this works, but port enumeration and +metadata will not be available, and binaries will depend on Cygwin. The builds +produced by MinGW-w64 are normal Windows DLLs without additional dependencies. The "old" MinGW from http://mingw.org/ is not supported.