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  • MinGW - what is the minimum Windows version

    From Charlie Gibbs@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 29 17:47:41 2023
    Are there any MinGW gurus here? If not, where should I look?

    I'm experimenting with the MinGW compiler suite. So far I've been
    using version 9.2.0, which successfully generates native Windows
    executables. However, I'm trying to build the latest version of
    OpenSSL and getting a lot of undefined symbols in both the compile
    and the link stages. I'd like to try a newer version of MinGW,
    but this has problems of its own. I've successfully built and run
    a "hello world" program with the latest version of MinGW (13.2.0),
    but it's still getting a lot of undefined symbols with a real-world
    program. This is on a machine running Windows 11. I have another
    machine which runs Windows XP (don't ask), on which 9.2.0 compiles
    these programs successfully. When I try running 13.2.0, I get
    the message "The system cannot execute the specified program."
    Is there a minimum Windows version for MinGW, and is it increasing
    with successive versions of MinGW? Or did I just download the wrong
    variant of MinGW?

    --
    /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Life is perverse.
    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | It can be beautiful -
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | but it won't.
    / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lily Tomlin

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to Charlie Gibbs on Sat Sep 30 17:45:33 2023
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:47:41 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
    Are there any MinGW gurus here? If not, where should I look?

    I'm experimenting with the MinGW compiler suite. So far I've been
    using version 9.2.0, which successfully generates native Windows
    executables. However, I'm trying to build the latest version of
    OpenSSL and getting a lot of undefined symbols in both the compile
    and the link stages. I'd like to try a newer version of MinGW,
    but this has problems of its own. I've successfully built and run
    a "hello world" program with the latest version of MinGW (13.2.0),
    but it's still getting a lot of undefined symbols with a real-world
    program. This is on a machine running Windows 11. I have another
    machine which runs Windows XP (don't ask), on which 9.2.0 compiles
    these programs successfully. When I try running 13.2.0, I get
    the message "The system cannot execute the specified program."
    Is there a minimum Windows version for MinGW, and is it increasing
    with successive versions of MinGW? Or did I just download the wrong
    variant of MinGW?

    It's initially AND is supposed to support all Windows versions including
    Win95. Hence the "W" in "MinGW".

    "MinGW" is a shorthand for "Minimalist GNU for Windows" (initially was "Minimalist GNU for W32"). It's not a shorthand for "Minimalist GNU for
    Windows 10", or "Minimalist GNU for Windows 7", or "Minimalist GNU for
    Windows XP", etc.

    I guess MinGW is not susceptible to bloat and ignorance.

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@21:1/5 to jj4public@outlook.com on Tue Oct 3 03:16:59 2023
    On 2023-09-30, JJ <jj4public@outlook.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:47:41 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

    Are there any MinGW gurus here? If not, where should I look?

    I'm experimenting with the MinGW compiler suite. So far I've been
    using version 9.2.0, which successfully generates native Windows
    executables. However, I'm trying to build the latest version of
    OpenSSL and getting a lot of undefined symbols in both the compile
    and the link stages. I'd like to try a newer version of MinGW,
    but this has problems of its own. I've successfully built and run
    a "hello world" program with the latest version of MinGW (13.2.0),
    but it's still getting a lot of undefined symbols with a real-world
    program. This is on a machine running Windows 11. I have another
    machine which runs Windows XP (don't ask), on which 9.2.0 compiles
    these programs successfully. When I try running 13.2.0, I get
    the message "The system cannot execute the specified program."
    Is there a minimum Windows version for MinGW, and is it increasing
    with successive versions of MinGW? Or did I just download the wrong
    variant of MinGW?

    It's initially AND is supposed to support all Windows versions including Win95. Hence the "W" in "MinGW".

    "MinGW" is a shorthand for "Minimalist GNU for Windows" (initially was "Minimalist GNU for W32"). It's not a shorthand for "Minimalist GNU for Windows 10", or "Minimalist GNU for Windows 7", or "Minimalist GNU for Windows XP", etc.

    I guess MinGW is not susceptible to bloat and ignorance.

    I tried downloading version 11.4.0, and it works just fine under XP.
    I'll try working my way up through newer versions to see where the
    breakage occurs, and let the MinGW folks know.

    Thanks for the help.

    --
    /~\ Charlie Gibbs | "Some of you may die,
    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | but it's a sacrifice
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | I'm willing to make."
    / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lord Farquaad (Shrek)

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