mirrors/bitcoin
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git synced 2024-11-19 09:53:47 +01:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Wiki Activity

doc: improve note on choosing posix mingw32

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Jarol Rodriguez 2021-05-27 15:22:46 -04:00
parent 5c041cb348
commit dafab2b1b3
1 changed files with 19 additions and 2 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

21
doc/build-windows.md
View File

@ -81,9 +81,26 @@ The first step is to install the mingw-w64 cross-compilation tool chain:
sudo apt install g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 <sup>[1](#footnote1)</sup>:
Next, set the default `mingw32 g++` compiler option to POSIX<sup>[1](#footnote1)</sup>:
sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ # Set the default mingw32 g++ compiler option to posix.
```
sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
```
After running the above command, you should see output similar to that below.
Choose the option that ends with `posix`.
```
There are 2 choices for the alternative x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ (providing /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-win32 60 auto mode
* 1 /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix 30 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-win32 60 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
```
Once the toolchain is installed the build steps are common: