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| author | Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com> | 2020-05-11 21:06:42 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-05-11 21:06:42 +0100 |
| commit | 31ddf16333e47292a417d01a055636bbb69177ae (patch) | |
| tree | be7401782d352a0400097c52f46f8d944921b75f | |
| parent | b83bc6d4739d10ac3db6513931cedfe8e682f487 (diff) | |
| parent | 4ad363386d1dccb328825eb6390886ec791e5b40 (diff) | |
| download | libgit2-31ddf16333e47292a417d01a055636bbb69177ae.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #5512 from A-Ovchinnikov-mx/patch-1
README.md: Add instructions for building in MinGW environment
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@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Table of Contents * [Compiler and linker options](#compiler-and-linker-options) * [MacOS X](#macos-x) * [Android](#android) + * [MinGW](#mingw) * [Language Bindings](#language-bindings) * [How Can I Contribute?](#how-can-i-contribute) * [License](#license) @@ -304,6 +305,20 @@ with full path to the toolchain): Add `-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE={pathToToolchainFile}` to cmake command when configuring. +MinGW +----- + +If you want to build the library in MinGW environment with SSH support enabled, +you may need to pass `-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH="${MINGW_PREFIX}/${MINGW_CHOST}/lib/"` flag +to CMake when configuring. This is because CMake cannot find the Win32 libraries in +MinGW folders by default and you might see an error message stating that CMake +could not resolve `ws2_32` library during configuration. + +Another option would be to install `msys2-w32api-runtime` package before configuring. +This package installs the Win32 libraries into `/usr/lib` folder which is by default +recognized as the library path by CMake. Please note though that this package is meant +for MSYS subsystem which is different from MinGW. + Language Bindings ================================== |