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Subject: Re: [9front] Re: [PATCH] drawterm: get 64-bit windows to work
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Quoth sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de>:
> Hello, reporting back!
> 
> (Irc is fine, but people can't follow that easily, so here are my 
> results:)
> 
> I installed cygwin and everything gcc that made sense, including the gcc 
> package and mingw-gcc. I didn't install any 32bit compilers as far as I 
> can tell. The installation target was my work windows 11 PC.
> 
> Using CONF=win64 compiled without any issues. It used 
> x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc for compiling. I verified the binary is 64-bit, 
> and not 32-bit. Starting works fine like I'd expect from a drawterm 
> application. No issues at runtime so far.
> 
> However, Make.win64 mentions that I can set MING to nothing when not 
> cross-compiling since it would just use gcc then. I tried it, but it 
> failed at some #include (I think it was direct.h). It is possible that it 
> uses the "other" gcc version I installed on cygwin which tries to find 
> libraries that aren't installed.
> 
> In the end, mingw works fine and is also what the Readme states. I 
> suggest adjusting the comment in the Make.win64 to prevent confusion and 
> then publish it.
> 
> P.S. nice to have some 64-bit drawterm. I'd love to have it as a download 
> at drawterm.9front.org.
> 
> sirjofri

pushed, thanks!