[cfe-dev] anyone knows the current state of libc++ on windows?

[Yaron Keren]

MinGW does not have its own C library, it uses MSVCRT for C library.
So practically any program compiled with MInGW depends on MSVCRT.

Yaron



2014-05-08 13:05 GMT+03:00 Dennis Luehring <dl.soluz at gmx.net>:

> I routinely compile libc++ & libcxxabi with clang as
>> compiler and link with MinGW 4.8.2 (gcc calling ld)
>> as an replacement for libstdc++.
>>
>
> did you ever checked linking with "Microsoft Visual C Run-Time Library"
> (MSVCRTxyz)
> so that the dependencies are only libc++ & libcxxabi & MSVCRT - is that
> possible
> or are there still compile/link problems with microsoft stuff
>
>
> Am 08.05.2014 11:30, schrieb Yaron Keren:
>
>  Hi Dennis,
>>
>> I routinely compile libc++ & libcxxabi with clang as compiler and link
>> with
>> MinGW 4.8.2 (gcc calling ld) as an replacement for libstdc++. It builds
>> and
>> overall works. I have run the tests some while ago, most passed but there
>> were failures, have not looked in depth.
>>
>> libc++ compiled with gcc - gcc 4.7 could not handle some of the "advanced"
>> C++ code in libcxx. Have not tested with 4.8 or the just released 4.9.
>>
>> libc++ with Visual C++ - there were multiple C++ compatibility problems
>> even with VC 2013.
>> Someone named "G M" had tried this for a while and some of his patches
>> were
>> comitted, search on the list for "G M".
>> The latest Visual C++ is 2013 Update 2, MS are imporving VC C++ support
>> every version, you can try building libcxx with it and see what fails now.
>> The free express version is available here
>>
>>   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40787
>>
>> Yaron
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-05-08 10:04 GMT+03:00 Dennis Luehring <dl.soluz at gmx.net>:
>>
>> > but not using Visual C++.
>> >>
>> >
>> > sorry for my unprecise question
>> >
>> > libc++ & MingW
>> >   compiles (as you wrote) - and all tests run fine?
>> >
>> > libc++ & MSVC
>> >   does not compile - what parts, any building/test stats available?
>> >
>> > libc++ & Clang under Windows
>> >   ???
>> >
>> > Am 08.05.2014 07:29, schrieb Yaron Keren:
>> >
>> >  Hi Dennis,
>> >>
>> >> You can build libcxx using MingW-w64
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/
>> Toolchains%20targetting%
>> >> 20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/
>> >>
>> >> but not using Visual C++.
>> >>
>> >> Yaron
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2014-05-08 7:20 GMT+03:00 Dennis Luehring <dl.soluz at gmx.net>:
>> >>
>> >> > the information on http://libcxx.llvm.org/results.Windows.htmlseems to
>> >> > be a little bit out-dated
>> >> >
>> >> > anyone still working on the port?
>> >> >
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