windows: Update build instructions in README. #6469
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| sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64 | ||
| sudo apt-get install python3 build-essential gcc-mingw-w64 | ||
| make -C ../../mpy-cross CROSS_COMPILE=i686-w64-mingw32- |
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Is that correct? Doesn't that build mpy-cross for the Windows system, yet in the following line mpy-cross is needed on the host Linux system to build the main Windows MicroPython? So it should be make -C ../../mpy-cross?
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Yes, good point. I didn't test this particular case though so first let me make sure it actually works.
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Ok I tested a lot of things yesterday an on second thought, this one as well; but where this would not work on a normal linux system I was testing this on WSL, so even though the generated mpy-cross executable was a windows executable WSL shells can run those. Anyway, fixed now, and tested.
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| make -C ../../mpy-cross CROSS_COMPILE=i686-w64-mingw32- |
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No, the generated executables run on Windows and as such can also run when called from an MSYS2 shell, or Cygwin shell
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| make -C ../../mpy-cross CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- |
Make the instructions more complete by documenting all needed steps for starting from scratch. Also add a section for MSYS2 since the Travis build uses it as well and it's a good alternative for Cygwin. Remove the mingw32 reference since it's not readily available anymore in most Linux distros nor compiles successfully.
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Thanks for updating, merged in bada8c9 |
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Make the instructions more complete by documenting all needed steps
for starting from scratch. Also add a section for MSYS2 since the
Travis build uses it as well and it's a good alternative for Cygwin.
Remove the mingw32 reference since it's not readily available anymore
in most Linux distros nor compiles successfully.