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authorDerek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com>2012-09-27 18:38:59 +0000
committerDerek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com>2012-09-28 15:27:13 -0400
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doc/platform: Mention MinGW-w64
This is the toolchain most, including Libav's nightlies, use to build. Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com>
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@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ For information about compiling Libav on OS/2 see
@section Native Windows compilation
-Libav can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW tools. Install
-the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW from @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
-You can find detailed installation
-instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
+Libav can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW or MinGW-w64
+toolchains. Install the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW or MinGW-w64 from
+@url{http://www.mingw.org/} or @url{http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/}.
+You can find detailed installation instructions in the download section and
+the FAQ.
Libav does not build out-of-the-box with the packages the automated MinGW
installer provides. It also requires coreutils to be installed and many other