MinGW packages are often built for Factory and Leap 42.3. I am curious about the overlap. Since just about every (who are the exceptions?) MinGW package seems to be built from the same source and spec, it must be that the sources for Factory and Leap 42.3 are the same. If the MinGW builds used the sources from the main Factory and Leap 42.3, I guess this could differ. But that seems not to be the case with MinGW. So the main difference is perhaps the cross-compiler used? I ask because I am trying to decide which variant to use. One is tempted to say that Leap 42.3 should be the more stable one. But as both seem to always share the source and the build spec, why would this be the case. Which begs the question: why are both built? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-mingw+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-mingw+owner@opensuse.org
If you are running on Leap 42.3, use the Leap 42.3 repository. If you are running on Tumbleweed, use the Tumbleweed one. The main difference is that the native cross-tools are built for that platform and you will not have unresolved dependencies. As to the mingw32* noarch packages, they should be more or less identical for all repositories. Cheers Fridrich On 06/10/17 12:11, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
MinGW packages are often built for Factory and Leap 42.3. I am curious about the overlap.
Since just about every (who are the exceptions?) MinGW package seems to be built from the same source and spec, it must be that the sources for Factory and Leap 42.3 are the same. If the MinGW builds used the sources from the main Factory and Leap 42.3, I guess this could differ. But that seems not to be the case with MinGW.
So the main difference is perhaps the cross-compiler used?
I ask because I am trying to decide which variant to use. One is tempted to say that Leap 42.3 should be the more stable one. But as both seem to always share the source and the build spec, why would this be the case. Which begs the question: why are both built?
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Fridrich Strba
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