help in creating gfortran windows binaries

[Jerry DeLisle]

Vivek Rao wrote:
> --- Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Vivek Rao wrote:
>>> FX Coudert wrote on comp.lang.fortran that Windows
>>> binaries would be created more often if someone
>> would
>>> "  a) be sent the scripts that I use to build
>> gfortran
>>> windows binaries 
>>>      and get access to the website where we
>> usually
>>> post our binaries, 
>>>
>>>   b) donate a remotely accessible account on a
>> Windows
>>> XP computer," 
>>>
>>> Regarding (a), I suggest that the scripts be
>> posted on
>>> the wiki, so that I and other can look at them.
>>>
>>> Regarding (b), I have a broadband connection on my
>>> Windows XP computer at home -- what should I do?
>>>
>>> Thanks to FX for the (now working) Windows binary.
>>>
>>> Vivek Rao
>>>
>>>
>> I was already planning to do regular Cygwin builds
>> and copy them out to the 
>> server referenced in the wiki.  My only question is
>> how frequently should we do 
>> this?
> 
> Thank you for the planned Cygwin builds, but the
> gfortran wiki recommends the mingw version as the
> default choice for Windows users, so I think regularly
> creating mingw builds for mingw is important.
> 
> The mingw version of g95 is the most popular one
> according to http://www.g95.org/src.shtml .
> 
> 
The mingw builds are occurring daily from the gcc compile farm I believe, so the 
Cygwin build I will plan on weekly.

Jerry