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Title: Will using mingw 4.9.3 require a rebuild (site says to use 4.9.2)?
Post by: enigma22134 on July 04, 2016, 02:40:20 am

Hey guys, I've gotten a new computer and I'm trying to set it up so that I can continue my old projects.

I've got mingw setup through the MinGw installer, but it is  4.9.3, not  4.9.2.

I've setup an eclipse cdt project and I got the basic circle drawing working fine! But I am wondering if it is dangerous to continue using this version (4.9.3) without rebuilding sfml?

http://www.sfml-dev.org/download/sfml/2.3.2/ says the versions must match 100%, but I was hoping that was typed when  4.9.2 was the latest DW2 version.

I tried getting  4.9.2 setup, but the only problem is I continually fail to get eclipse to see 4.9.2 when I try installing it from the link on the download page (I attempted to setup path variables, but I'm not sure what's up).

Anyways, I don't know how to compile SFML myself, so I was wondering if I should be able to use this newer version of MinGw with the libraries provided for  4.9.2?

Thanks!

edit: changed 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 to 4.9.2 and 4.9.3 respectively.

Title: AW: Will using mingw 1.9.3 require a rebuild (site says to use 1.9.2)?
Post by: eXpl0it3r on July 04, 2016, 02:58:16 am

I assume you mean 4.9.2 and 4.9.3, right?

If you don't use the exact compiler as linked on the download page, you'll have to rebuild SFML. Building SFML is quite easy and learning how to use CMake to build a library is a very valuable and essential lesson.

Title: Re: Will using mingw 1.9.3 require a rebuild (site says to use 1.9.2)?
Post by: Jesper Juhl on July 04, 2016, 04:16:51 pm

eXploit3r speaks truth :)

Title: Re: Will using mingw 1.9.3 require a rebuild (site says to use 1.9.2)?
Post by: enigma22134 on July 04, 2016, 11:01:54 pm

Correct,  4.9.2 and 4.9.3; I was in a bit of a rush yesterday. :)

I suppose I will be learning cmake over the next few days. I had a feeling I would eventually need to learn how to use this; I just wasn't wanting to postpone work on my project. Oh well, thanks for the responses guys. :)