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libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll

Passing -static-libgcc will remove this dependency for all languages other than C.
Note: C++ exceptions depends on this option.

mingwm10.dll

Remove -mthreads option from your makefile.
Note: Multithreading and C++ exceptions depends on this option.

During last few years I’ve never found a good excessive topic covering most of the areas to get Linux runnnig from scratch. I remember myself doing a lot of investigation about correct building of a [crosscompiler][crosscompiler], studying [bootloader][bootloader] internals, and so on… I’m definitely sure – if I had a person that could point me in right direction, then all the development should finish much earlier.

Consider this article as my personal note and feel free using it your own way.

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I’m using mingw for years, but never tried to use it on linux machine as crosscompiler. Today I’ve had first experience. First thing I’ve noticed is how actually easy to install such environment – there is fully automated build script, available from mingw site. Pros: – Speed. Native environment vs MSys is much faster. Cons: – Building Windows things from Linux means to transfer them from one machine to another.

This should be an update for one of the recent posts.

resource.rc:

…the ID can be anything. It doesn’t matter unless it is referred in the code.

Run windres as follows:

Include resource.o along with other object files while linking, e.g.,

And, at no extra charge, it is possible to include version information to the application, adding the following boilerplate to resource.rc file:

Links: - Original post - Additional info

Credit goes to Evan McLean.