What is xwin?
A utility for downloading and packaging the Microsoft CRT headers and libraries, and Windows SDK headers and libraries needed for compiling and linking programs targeting Windows.
It's important to remind that the libraries and headers are owned by Microsoft. This experiment is for testing purposes only. Possibly to make it easier to build hermetically.
The main targets for this experiment are:
| Target | Native | Build | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| msvc-x64 | Yes | 🆗 | Windows |
| msvc-x64 | No | 🆗 | Linux |
| msvc-x64 | No | 🆗 | MacOS |
| msvc-x86 | Yes | 🆗 | Windows |
| msvc-x86 | No | 🆗 | Linux |
| msvc-x86 | No | 🆗 | MacOS |
| msvc-arm64 | Yes | 🆗 | Windows |
| msvc-arm64 | No | 🆗 | Linux |
| msvc-arm64 | No | 🆗 | MacOS |
Note: On linux the LLD is case-sensitive. maybe solve don't use xwin --disable-symlinks flag. However, it breaks the macos build!