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Remove references to 32-bit Cygwin (#11797)
* Update available Windows ports note * Remove out-of-date notice about flexdll * Remove build references to Cygwin32
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while 5.0 reaches feature and stability parity. Similarly, if you need one of
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the ports not yet supported in the 5.0 release you must use the 4.14 release.
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Only the MinGW-w64 port is supported. On 32-bit systems, only the bytecode
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compiler is supported. Native-code support for these 32-bit systems is under
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discussion. Support for the MSVC and Cygwin ports will be added back in later
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releases.
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The MSVC port is presently not supported, but will hopefully be added back in
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later releases. On 32-bit systems, only the bytecode compiler is supported.
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Native-code support for these 32-bit systems is under discussion.
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= Release notes for the Microsoft Windows ports of OCaml =
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to be able to run the test suite.
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Unless you are also compiling the Cygwin port of OCaml, you do not need the
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`gcc-core` or `flexdll` packages. If you do install them, care may be required
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to ensure that a particular build is using the correct installation of
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`flexlink`.
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`gcc-core` or `flexdll` packages.
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[[bmflex]]
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In addition to Cygwin, FlexDLL must also be installed, which is available from
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./configure --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-windows
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./configure --build=x86_64-pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-windows
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for 32-bit, or:
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Now run:
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./configure --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=i686-w64-mingw32
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./configure --build=x86_64-pc-cygwin --host=i686-w64-mingw32
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