I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 32-bit gcc on Windows also interests me.)

Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?

On 2016-02-03 03:06, Carl Sturtivant via D.gnu wrote:
> I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 32-bit gcc on Windows also interests me.)
>
> Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?
>
Hi Carl,

You should look at this repo: https://github.com/venix1/MinGW-GDC
It contains a script to do exactly that: building GDC for windows (it includes dependency downloading, etc.)

If you want to build a cross compiler (running under GNU/Linux, but targetting mingw/Windows) you can look at this script (disclaimer: this is mine):
https://github.com/Ace17/MinGW-GDC/blob/master/build_gnu

On 3 Feb 2016 3:10 am, "Carl Sturtivant via D.gnu" <d.gnu@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on
Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 32-bit gcc on
Windows also interests me.)
>
> Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?
>

There is: http://gdcproject.org/downloads

I'll have to dig out what scripts were used to build them (I didn't write
them).

On 3 Feb 2016 8:54 am, "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> wrote:
>
> On 3 Feb 2016 3:10 am, "Carl Sturtivant via D.gnu" <d.gnu@puremagic.com>
wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on
Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 32-bit gcc on
Windows also interests me.)
> >
> > Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?
> >
>
> There is: http://gdcproject.org/downloads
>
> I'll have to dig out what scripts were used to build them (I didn't write
them).

Ah, cleverly hidden in my own organisation repo!

https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/build-gdc

Am Wed, 3 Feb 2016 09:00:37 +0100
schrieb "Iain Buclaw via D.gnu" <d.gnu@puremagic.com>:

> On 3 Feb 2016 8:54 am, "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 3 Feb 2016 3:10 am, "Carl Sturtivant via D.gnu" <d.gnu@puremagic.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on
> Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 32-bit gcc
> on Windows also interests me.)
> > >
> > > Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?
> > > 
> >
> > There is: http://gdcproject.org/downloads
> >
> > I'll have to dig out what scripts were used to build them (I didn't write
> them).
> 
> Ah, cleverly hidden in my own organisation repo!
> 
> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/build-gdc
> 

See also: https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/build-gdc-docker http://build-gdc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

But the binaries are probably not compatible with some other Mingw-w64 compilers. Some builds use static libgccs, some builds use special patches, ...

Another simple way to build GDC on windows is using MSYS2: http://msys2.github.io/

Simply modify/adapt the PKGBUILD: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-gcc

On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at 07:54:07 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 3 Feb 2016 3:10 am, "Carl Sturtivant via D.gnu" <d.gnu@puremagic.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on
> Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 32-bit gcc on
> Windows also interests me.)
>>
>> Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?
>>
>
> There is: http://gdcproject.org/downloads
>
> I'll have to dig out what scripts were used to build them (I didn't write
> them).

Is there any reason why there are no Windows/mingw builds targeted for mingw in http://gdcproject.org/downloads?
I see only arm cross-compilers.

Is it possible to add native mingw 32/64 binaries?

Am Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:51:11 +0000
schrieb Vadim Lopatin <coolreader.org@gmail.com>:

> On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at 07:54:07 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> > On 3 Feb 2016 3:10 am, "Carl Sturtivant via D.gnu" <d.gnu@puremagic.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd like to build gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64 64-bit gcc on
> > Windows. (Building gdc to be compatible with the Mingw-w64
> > 32-bit gcc on
> > Windows also interests me.)
> >>
> >> Is this feasible right now, and if so, how should I proceed?
> >> 
> >
> > There is: http://gdcproject.org/downloads
> >
> > I'll have to dig out what scripts were used to build them (I
> > didn't write
> > them).
> 
> Is there any reason why there are no Windows/mingw builds targeted for mingw in http://gdcproject.org/downloads?

Windows/MinGW targets are not supported by GDC right now.

> I see only arm cross-compilers.
> 
> Is it possible to add native mingw 32/64 binaries?
> 

(Pre-)Alpha quality binaries are available, but we don't want to
advertise these on the homepage:
ftp://ftp.gdcproject.org/binaries/5.2.0/x86_64-w64-mingw32/gdc-5.2.0+2.066.1.7z
ftp://ftp.gdcproject.org/binaries/5.2.0/i686-w64-mingw32/gdc-5.2.0+2.066.1.7z

On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at 13:50:56 UTC, Johannes Pfau wrote:
>> Is it possible to add native mingw 32/64 binaries?
>> 
>
> (Pre-)Alpha quality binaries are available, but we don't want to
> advertise these on the homepage:
> ftp://ftp.gdcproject.org/binaries/5.2.0/x86_64-w64-mingw32/gdc-5.2.0+2.066.1.7z
> ftp://ftp.gdcproject.org/binaries/5.2.0/i686-w64-mingw32/gdc-5.2.0+2.066.1.7z

Thank you! I'll try these binaries tomorrow.

On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at 08:00:37 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 3 Feb 2016 8:54 am, "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> wrote:
>> There is: http://gdcproject.org/downloads
>>
>> I'll have to dig out what scripts were used to build them (I didn't write
> them).
>
> Ah, cleverly hidden in my own organisation repo!
>
> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/build-gdc

Thanks, I'll investigate.

On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at 08:58:56 UTC, Johannes Pfau wrote:
>
> See also: https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/build-gdc-docker http://build-gdc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
>
> But the binaries are probably not compatible with some other Mingw-w64 compilers. Some builds use static libgccs, some builds use special patches, ...
>
> Another simple way to build GDC on windows is using MSYS2: http://msys2.github.io/
>
> Simply modify/adapt the PKGBUILD: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-gcc

Thanks for the warning. I'll look at all this stuff.