Michael Gerz wrote: >> Thanks for the infos. I compiled Qtwin once with the MinGW compiler and >> was shocked that this took several hours. How long does MinGW need to >> compile LyX? >> Fortunately Qtwin can be compiled with MSVC. >> >> I'll surely come up with further questions about compiling issues. > > See my previous email. Linking LyX 1.4 statically with MinGW doesn't take > longer than just a few minutes on a modern PC. I don't understand all the > worries.
Well now. I have a modern (2 year old) 2.7GHz machine with 512MByte of RAM and although static linking is indeed quicker, it still takes ~45minutes to link LyX 1.4 on this machine. That compares to over an hour when using shared libraries, so there is a benefit. I'm not disputing that things work for you. I'm just saying that your mileage may vary. -- Angus
