gcc-mingw32 fails to install several links

Hi Roberto,

The missing commands are binutils commands, not gcc commands, but I suppose gcc-mingw32 could provide them (rather than introduction a binutils compatibility package).

My real question is, does the lack of these commands cause issues? The idea behind gcc-mingw32 is just to provide compatibility symlinks to allow autoconf etc. to find the compiler (and related tools) even when using the old i586-mingw32msvc triplet. I tested a variety of programs using that triplet with the new gcc-mingw32 package and they built successfully; the binutils tools actually end up being found with the i686-w64-mingw32 triplet:

% i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -print-prog-name=ld
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld

Regards,

Stephen

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your prompt reply. The problem we had is that we have several scripts around that use the old triplet. That is why we had to manually install symbolic links for ranlib, windres, dlltool and ar. You are of course right that these scripts could be updated to use the new triplet. Concerning what to do with the gcc-mingw32 package, I guess it probably depends on how much do you want to invest on backward compatibility.
Kind regards,

    Roberto

Hi Roberto,

This is fixed in gcc-mingw-w64 6 which is in Quantal.

Regards,

Stephen

On 05/09/12 07:49, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> Hi Roberto,
>
> This is fixed in gcc-mingw-w64 6 which is in Quantal.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephen
>
>
> ** Changed in: gcc-mingw32 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Fix Released

Thanks a lot, Stephen!

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