i686-w64-mingw32-g++ failing in Cerbero

[Andoni Morales]

2013/6/6 Wes Miller <wmiller at sdr.com>

> IT WORKED!  Well, cerbero managed to complete on Win 7!
>
> A couple of points for the next poor soul who ignores the "Abandon Hope All
> Ye Who Enter Here" sign:
>
> 1.  Windows may have a %HOME% system  environment variable defined.  XP and
> Win7 both did.  As far as I can tell, it servers no purpose.  Delete it
> before installing MinGW.
>
> 2. When you install Win7 it asks for your FUll Name.  This full name gets
> used for your userid.  So, stupid me, I ended up with my user name =
> "Wesley
> Miller".  Has a SPACE in it!  MinGW/MSYS do not like spaces!.  Be sure to
> put in an underscore or dash or whatever is reasonable.  (*, /, \, >, <,
> etc. are probably bad choices).  Rule: NO SPACES in your Full Name.
>
> If you already are stuck with a space in your userid, live with it.  The
> instructions from MS on how to fix that D NOT WORK. Instead, log in as an
> admin and create a new ID just for building Gstreamer.  I named mine
> "gstreamer".  NO SPACES!  Be sure to delete any %HOME% environment
> variable.
> Making a new Id might pick up trash from your userid-with-a-space-in-it.
>

Great! I will update the docs to make sure this is well documented and you
are the last one to pass through this nightmare :)

Cheers,
Andoni

>
> Good luck to all and prayers for more luck for me!   Off to build rtmpsrc!
>
> Wes
>
>
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