Building DMD from sources

[BCS]

Hello BCS,

> Hello Daniel,
> 
>> Well, I tried to download it from:
>> 
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
>> 
> try this link:
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/download/dmcpp.html
> 

Oops, that's to DMC. got the threads mixed up.

>> But the link to the Extended Utilities Package is a link to DM Shop.
>> Maybe we should document this stuff on DMD home page, perhaps include
>> them on FAQ.
>> 
>> Can I build DMD using mingw? Or link to mingw libraries?
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Daniel
>> Denis Koroskin Wrote:
>>> On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:01 +0300, Daniel Ribeiro Maciel
>>> <daniel.maciel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thank you for answering so fast.
>>>> I'll try that. One more thing: I noticed I need to convert VS
>>>> libraries
>>>> from COFF format to OMF format so I can link them with my D
>>>> software. I
>>>> also noticed that coff2omf tool from Digital Mars is not free.
>>>> Do you know any free tools that do that job?
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Daniel
>>> Where did you get that information from? coff2omf is free, download
>>> it  from ftp://digitalmars.com
>>> 
>>> In my experience, it's not that easy to get you VS compiled binary
>>> working  with DMD (due to object format incompatibility). In most
>>> cases it's easier  to re-compile your library with DMC compiler, if
>>> sources are available.
>>>