2.8.7 build failure with Mingw 5.1.3 on Vista

[Tim Stahlhut]

Tim Stahlhut wrote:

> Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:47:35 -0800 (PST) raananb <raanan at barzel.org> wrote:
>>
>> r> Building wx2.8.7 using DialogBlocks (build for wxMSW) works fine out of the
>> r> box with Watcom C++ but fails with GCC (all configurations). Any specific
>> r> reason for failure with GCC (I am no expert in make) ?
>> ...
>> r> gcc.exe: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory
>>
>>  The explanation is right there and it really has nothing to do with wx.
>> Your gcc is not installed correctly and doesn't work (try compiling "hello
>> world" with it). You will find better luck with this question on Mingw32
>> mailing lists.
>>
>>  Regards,
>> VZ
>>
>
> Standard minGW 3.4.5 does not work on Vista, gives the above error.
> There are patched copyies of it somewhere on internet. Also, a few work
> arounds.
>
> Tim S

If you can not find the links, here's a post a made on Code::Blocks
forum about the issue.

http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,5939.0.html

Tim S