emerge x64 support

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am Mittwoch, 14. April 2010 14:05:59 schrieb Ralf Habacker:
> > Did you use
> > http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
> >  
>
> yes, see emerge portage script dev-utils/mingw-w64

Very cool!

> > or something else?
> > If you use mingw-w64, that is a compiler we should also try for 32 bit
> > builds. 
>
> what kind of advantage does it have ?

I believe it could be that mingw-w64 
is the better compiler suite overall
and has a better community.

As Patrick (von Reth) also answered there are other header and libraries
included and supported. I had some small interactions with their communtity.

See my post from December:
Am Montag, 28. Dezember 2009 16:25:31 schrieb Bernhard Reiter:
> Note that mingw-w64 is a fork of mingw.org and also works for 32bit.
> This one looks quite interesting, it can support 64bit and might even have
> other advantages over mingw.org. Also they do have a helpful irc channel.
> :)
>
> Here is a link to an email discussion why they have forked:
> https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=OFEB50B2AD.172DFBC
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