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| author | David Lönnhager <david.l@mullvad.net> | 2023-06-26 11:42:13 +0200 |
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| committer | David Lönnhager <david.l@mullvad.net> | 2023-06-26 11:44:06 +0200 |
| commit | e281d117f23bb3cbb51d31979457ca52397780f7 (patch) | |
| tree | ef91feccd9308e237433647cddd0832d27032b11 /BuildInstructions.md | |
| parent | 511d19026863472946b19679bfde68e4e0788cc0 (diff) | |
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Document where to download mingw
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diff --git a/BuildInstructions.md b/BuildInstructions.md index 483a6f6188..15d8a29ec2 100644 --- a/BuildInstructions.md +++ b/BuildInstructions.md @@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ The host has to have the following installed: - `bash` installed as well as a few base unix utilities, including `sed` and `tail`. You are recommended to use [Git for Windows]. -- `mingw`'s `gcc` compiler is required for CGo. +- `mingw` is required for CGo. + The latest [`mingw-w64`](https://github.com/niXman/mingw-builds-binaries/releases) build works + well. Specifically, you'll need one of the releases labeled `x86_64`, `win32`, and `msvcrt`, + such as <https://github.com/niXman/mingw-builds-binaries/releases/download/13.1.0-rt_v11-rev1/x86_64-13.1.0-release-win32-seh-msvcrt-rt_v11-rev1.7z>. - The `x86` target is required for building some NSIS plugins: |