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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-03-21 21:09:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-03-21 21:09:23 +0100 |
| commit | 445036bb9882485133750a14a5b3da30efeae2df (patch) | |
| tree | ed5ff89548a73407f70f4a6bcc7be0fcd84664c0 | |
| parent | 3ba2c39fb2a12cd7332ef16b1b3e3df994f7c6f5 (diff) | |
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Remove Mingw.org from FAQ, or replace with Mingw-w64.
* faq-api.xml: Change MingW to Mingw-w64.
* faq-programming.xml: Ditto.
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-api.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 18 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml index b52ad22e1..993274a33 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-api.xml @@ -264,8 +264,9 @@ direct calls to Winsock functions. If you use Cygwin, use the POSIX API. <question><para>I don't want Unix sockets, how do I use normal Win32 winsock?</para></question> <answer> -<para>You don't. Look for the MingW project to port applications using -native Win32/Winsock functions. +<para>You don't. Look for the Mingw-w64 project to port applications using +native Win32/Winsock functions. Cross compilers packages to build Mingw-w64 +targets are available in the Cygwin distro. </para> </answer></qandaentry> diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index 18557c0d1..07846903c 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Windows, while `long' on 64 bit Cygwin is 8 bytes.</para> ReadFile (HANDLE, LPVOID, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPOVERLAPPED); </screen> -<para>In the 32 bit Cygwin and Mingw environments, as well as in the 64 bit -Mingw environment, it is no problem to substitute DWORD with unsigned +<para>In the 32 bit Cygwin and Mingw-w64 environments, as well as in the 64 bit +Mingw-w64 environment, it is no problem to substitute DWORD with unsigned long:</para> <screen> @@ -478,14 +478,10 @@ as well as the User's Guide section <question><para>How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?</para></question> <answer> -<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw-gcc</literal>, -<literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal>, and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal> -packages link against standard Microsoft DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is -desirable for native Windows programs that don't need a UNIX emulation layer. -</para> -<para>This is not to be confused with 'MinGW' (Minimalist GNU for Windows), -which is a completely separate effort. That project's home page is -<ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/index.shtml"/>. +<para>The compilers provided by the <literal>mingw64-i686-gcc</literal> and +<literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc</literal> packages link against standard Microsoft +DLLs instead of Cygwin. This is desirable for native Windows programs that +don't need a UNIX emulation layer. </para> </answer></qandaentry> @@ -549,7 +545,7 @@ have our own Win32 headers which are pretty complete. </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.programming.msvs-mingw"> -<question><para>How do I use <literal>cygwin1.dll</literal> with Visual Studio or MinGW?</para></question> +<question><para>How do I use <literal>cygwin1.dll</literal> with Visual Studio or Mingw-w64?</para></question> <answer> <para>Before you begin, note that Cygwin is licensed under the GNU GPL (as |