MinGW-w64 Website
This website is written in Markdown and gets built to a static website using mkdocs and a modified version of the mkdocs-material theme. The main branch of this repo is the source
branch and any new commits will auto deploy a new build to the main
branch using a GitHub action. The main
branch is connected to GitHub pages and is reachable under https://mingw-w64.github.io and https://www.mingw-w64.org. Changes to the source
branch usually take a minute or two until they are live.
Development
For small changes:
- Just use the online editor on GitHub and use the Markdown preview to inspect your changes
- Open a PR with your changes in case you don't have commit rights
- Note: The Markdown dialect and extensions understood by mkdocs and GitHub is slightly different, so double check that the deployed website matches what you expected
- Note: Every page on the website has a small "edit" icon in the top right corner which leads you straight to the online editor for that page
For larger changes:
python3 -m venv _venv
source _venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m mkdocs serve
- Access http://127.0.0.1:8000 - any changes to the sources should be immediately visible in your browser
- Open a PR with your changes or just push them if you have commit rights
For dependency changes:
poetry shell
poetry install
...
poetry export --without-hashes -o requirements.txt
Point mingw-w64.org to this website as well
@adrien-n I've heard that you are the owner of mingw-w64.org. We've set up a new website using a static site generator here (https://www.mingw-w64.net/) Would it be possible to move mingw-w64.org to the same server? If you need any help/info please let us know. We can also transfer ownership, if that is easier.
Mention https://winlibs.com/ on https://www.mingw-w64.org/
I have been offering standalone native Windows builds of the latest MinGW-w64 for a while now on https://winlibs.com/ By now quite a community is using these builds. Would you consider mentioning https://winlibs.com/ on https://www.mingw-w64.org/ ?
MinGW-w64-builds is now publishing releases at GitHub
GitHub repo niXman/mingw-builds-binaries is now holding MinGW-w64-builds with latest version of both MinGW runtime and GCC. The owner of the repo has also claimed that it's an official build (see niXman/mingw-builds-binaries#5).
So I'd suggest updating the download URL and version table for MinGW-W64-builds in downloads.md. If that's OK, I can make a PR later.
xinput.lib in the MinGW is using DirectX SDK only xinput1_3.dll
The xinput library that comes with the MinGW toolset is linking to the
XINPUT1_3.DLL
. This DLL is only installed by the legacy DirectX End-User Runtime, so it's not present on all machines. Also, this DLL has known security issues.A better solution is to have libxinput.a link to
XINPUT9_1_0.DLL
which is present on all Windows machines from Windows Vista forward.Alternatively, use
XINPUT1_4.DLL
which is present on Windows 8.0 or later and is also inbox.Help my mingW64 has a handicap or my code (help)
So this is my code (i am trying to make a little joke virus for my friend)
#include <windows.h> #include
#include <time.h>
void invertscreen() {
int x, y;
x = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
y = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
while (0 == 0) {
int randx, randy;
randx = rand() % x + 0;
randy = rand() % x + 0;
BitBlt(GetDC(NULL),rand() % x + 0, rand() % y + 0, randx + 200,randy+200,GetDC(NULL),randx,randy,NOTSRCCOPY);
}
}
int main() { invertscreen(); }
now once compiling i get this error: c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/11.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\mverb\AppData\Local\Temp\cchWKwR9.o:main.cpp:(.text+0xc2): undefined reference to `__imp_BitBlt' collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
if you know please help before i get a handicap :D
Can the developers provide latest mingw-w64 installer?
I have downloaded the Mingw-w64 (10.0.0) zip. But can't figure out how to install MinGW-w64 from source.
Please can any body provide the steps of how to build mingw-w64 from source in a Windows system.
Or it will be better if the MinGW-w64 developer team would provide a installer for windows, containing the latest version of GCC (12.1.0)?
Mention Homebrew on downloads page
Homebrew (https://brew.sh) offers mingw-w64 for both macOS (Intel and ARM) and Linux. It has the latest version (including GCC 12.2.0), and also a package for makensis.
Installation is made with
brew install mingw-w64
.Argument list too long
Hello, I tried to compiled a c code and at the linking stage i get the error "Argument list too long". I tried to increase ulimit but still not working. Is there a way to fix that ?
Thansk for helping.