Compiling with MinGW under Windows doesn't work

[ghost]

When I'm trying to compile ArcEmu with MinGW32 it outputs the following error message:

In file included from C:\Projects\ArcEmu\code\dep\src\g3dlite\AABox.cpp:10:0:
C:/Projects/ArcEmu/code/cmake/../dep/include/g3dlite/G3D/platform.h:61:6: Fehler
: #error Unknown platform
g3dlite\CMakeFiles\g3dlite.dir\build.make:54: recipe for target 'g3dlite/CMakeFi
les/g3dlite.dir/C_/Projects/ArcEmu/code/dep/src/g3dlite/AABox.cpp.obj' failed
mingw32-make[2]: *** [g3dlite/CMakeFiles/g3dlite.dir/C_/Projects/ArcEmu/code/dep
/src/g3dlite/AABox.cpp.obj] Error 1
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:174: recipe for target 'g3dlite/CMakeFiles/g3dlite.dir/all'
 failed
mingw32-make[1]: *** [g3dlite/CMakeFiles/g3dlite.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:112: recipe for target 'all' failed
mingw32-make: *** [all] Error 2

ArcEmu revision: ecd7e78
OS: Windows 7 x86-64
Compiler: MinGW (gcc 4.7.0)

[dfighter1985]

G3D doesn't support MinGW.
However even after solving that it's not gonna work. There is lots of code in Arcemu that depends on Windows stuff on Windows platform ( which is not available in MinGW ) if you consider MinGW a Windows compiler.
Also there's lots of stuff that would be missing if you consider MinGW a POSIX compiler.

Why do you even need MinGW?
Visual Studio is totally free...

[ghost]

I don't need MinGW but I tested it and, as you can see, it doesn't work. Normally I'm compiling ArcEmu with Visual Studio but it would be nice if it worked with MinGW.

[Magnifikator]

Unfortunately I have to say that for Microsoft OS the best compiler is Microsoft VS.

I used earlier (and still) Code:Blocks IDE with MinGW compiler. But it was more a political decision than a technical one.

[Magnifikator]

Can we close this issue ?

[ghost]

I would still say it's an issue. Sure, it's not important but still an issue.

[Magnifikator]

Hmhmm :-)

I don't know. I think it was never planned nor promised that Arcemu should be able to be complied with MinGW under Windows. I also don't think it's necessary.

As far as I know about building multiplatform software it's also not so easy to adapt the code to several compilers.

Microsoft has build in so a lot of stuff that is only usable with Win OS. They know why ;-)

[ghost]

Ok, you can close this. It's not important. When I wrote this six months ago I was on the "everything has to be open source" wave.

MinGW is an emergency solution for POSIX software and not even an official GCC release.

[Nivirx]

If you want a POSIX solution for Windows wouldn't Cygwin be a better solution?

[ghost]

@Xinnx Yes, because it's a more complete environment. MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is, as its name says, a more minimalist environment which makes it much easier to set up. Anyway, ArcEmu can be compiled with Microsoft's tools, so there is no need for using such solutions.