building error on windows

[Eion Robb]

That happens if you're using too-new a gcc, and not using the version
linked in the BuildingWinPidgin page

On 3 April 2012 18:39, xiaochu liu <xiaochu112233 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried the development steps in
> http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/BuildingWinPidgin.
>
> I downloaded and extracted everything correctly as the instruction tells
> me. However, it shows an error message when I execute "building pidgin"
> this step.
>
>  gcc: The -mno-cygwin flag has been removed; use a mingw-targeted
> cross-compiler.
>
> ../libpurple/win32/rules.mak:4: recipe for target `account.o' failed
> make[1]: *** [account.o] Error 1
> make[1]:“/cygdrive/e/devel/pidgin-devel/pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple”
> Makefile.mingw:83: recipe for target `all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>  In the 83th line of Makefile.mingw, it is as following:
>
> $(MAKE) -C $(PURPLE_TOP) -f $(MINGW_MAKEFILE).
>
> I checked the environment variables in
> E:\devel\pidgin-devel\pidgin-2.7.11\libpurple\win32\global.mak ,
> $PURPLE_TOP $MINGW_MAKEFILE are declared clearly there. Do you have any
> idea of this mistake?
>
> (I build it in Cygwin, Windows, following the instructions in the link
> above)
>
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