Re^3: openssh build with Strawberry Perl provided gcc

Yes, but you could use Strawberry's gcc from within the msys shell...

No you couldn't

As I understand it, that's essentially how the Strawberry developers build many of the libs (eg libssh2, gmp, mpfr) that ship with Strawberry Perl.

I don't think so (sounds insane)

You need sh to run autotools, otherwise you're poking in the dark, writing your own makefile -- and nobody does that, that is pointless busywork

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Re^4: openssh build with Strawberry Perl provided gcc by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 16, 2013 at 01:26 UTC
You need sh to run autotools, otherwise you're poking in the dark Yes - but autotools are part of MSYS, not gcc .... and MSYS therefore finds those autotools irrespective of which gcc is being used. I use different gcc compilers with MSYS all the time and it has never been an issue. Mostly I'll download and extract a library source, do the ./configure dance, and end up with a 32-bit build of that library. Then it's just a matter of: `make distclean export PATH=/c/_64/mingw/bin:$PATH` [download] Then do the same ./configure dance and end up with a 64-bit build of the same library. (Needless to say, C:/_64/mingw/bin houses a 64-bit gcc.) I have, on occasion, even used a Strawberry compiler to build a C library in this way in the MSYS shell - though, mostly, the "external" gcc compiler that I use is not actually one of the ones that ship with Strawberry. And I did once ask kmx how he built gmp for x86 and x64 Strawberry - to which he replied "Same way as you". Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: openssh build with Strawberry Perl provided gcc by Anonymous Monk on Feb 16, 2013 at 01:38 UTC
irrespective of which gcc is being used. Hahaha!!!! Yes, I suggested that the OP install msys into his strawberryperl, and then I glossed over your chimes	[reply]
Re^6: openssh build with Strawberry Perl provided gcc by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 16, 2013 at 01:49 UTC
Yes, I suggested that the OP install msys into his strawberryperl I see ;-) For my part, I was thinking of the msys/mingw package that one can grab (somewhere) from mingw.org. Cheers, Rob	[reply]