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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2014-12-19 08:51:17 -0500 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2014-12-19 09:07:25 -0500 |
| commit | 844f98c1fd1c9c61f1d73310ee1eb712528cd00f (patch) | |
| tree | 22963e471cd4d74b40915e16b45448eeccf3aa78 /Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst | |
| parent | c118816d44e178e4364a0c32aaece81a14511237 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-844f98c1fd1c9c61f1d73310ee1eb712528cd00f.tar.gz | |
Help: Clarify MinGW v. MSYS Makefiles generators (#15319)
Explain the usage of each generator more clearly and reference each as
an alternative to the other.
Suggested-by: Craig Hicks <hicks111@hotmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst b/Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst index ed4ccdd0f0..9fe5fe3e54 100644 --- a/Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst +++ b/Help/generator/MinGW Makefiles.rst @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ MinGW Makefiles --------------- -Generates a make file for use with mingw32-make. +Generates makefiles for use with ``mingw32-make`` under a Windows command +prompt. -The makefiles generated use cmd.exe as the shell. They do not require -msys or a unix shell. +Use this generator under a Windows command prompt with MinGW in the ``PATH`` +and using ``mingw32-make`` as the build tool. The generated makefiles use +``cmd.exe`` as the shell to launch build rules. They are not compatible with +MSYS or a unix shell. + +To build under the MSYS shell, use the :generator:`MSYS Makefiles` generator. |