From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Sixt Subject: Re: MinGW port of git downloadable from anywhere? Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:35:24 +0200 Organization: eudaptics software gmbh Message-ID: <461C81AC.68B64068@eudaptics.com> References: <461C14D6.8080904@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Git Mailing List To: "H. Peter Anvin" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 11 14:40:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HbX1u-0005N6-TK for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:14:11 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750808AbXDKHOH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:14:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750833AbXDKHOH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:14:07 -0400 Received: from lilzmailso01.liwest.at ([212.33.55.23]:8756 "EHLO lilzmailso01.liwest.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750808AbXDKHOF (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:14:05 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 2333 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:14:05 EDT Received: from cm56-163-160.liwest.at ([86.56.163.160] helo=linz.eudaptics.com) by lilzmailso01.liwest.at with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HbWQ6-0003ll-CW; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:35:06 +0200 Received: from eudaptics.com (unknown [192.168.1.88]) by linz.eudaptics.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A3C36D7; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:35:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam-Report: AWL=-0.733, BAYES_50=0.001 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > Just wondering if there is a canonical place to download the MinGW port > of git for non-git users... ideally precompiled, since a lot of Windows > users probably won't have MinGW installed? Or is the port too fragile > for that, still? There is no such place, yet. Some work is still that makes the toolset relocatable (i.e. independent of the prefix) - currently, the installation location is compiled into the binaries, which is a big no-no on Windows. But I can't say that the port is fragile; I use it daily in a production environment. -- Hannes