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   general info
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mingw32-w32 is in Debian

http://man.gnusquad.org/i586-mingw32msvc-ar/section-1/en/

64-bit mingw32 build instructions:
http://www.cadforte.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_build

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how to compile zlib on debian mingw32-w32
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make line:
PATH=/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin:$PATH \ 
make CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc AR=i586-mingw32msvc-ar \
     RC=i586-mingw32msvc-windres

for libz, the last line is:
i586-mingw32msvc-ar qs libz.a adler32.o \
    compress.o crc32.o gzio.o uncompr.o \
    deflate.o trees.o zutil.o inflate.o \
    infback.o inftrees.o inffast.o

make install PREFIX=/usr/i586-mingw32msvc

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how to compile zlib on debian mingw32-w64
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make line:
PATH=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin:$PATH \
    make CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar \
    RC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres

for libz, the last line is:
x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar qs libz.a adler32.o \
    compress.o crc32.o gzio.o uncompr.o   \
    deflate.o trees.o zutil.o inflate.o   \
    infback.o inftrees.o inffast.o


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compile minisat -- 32-bit
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i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -O3 -fno-tree-pre -march=i586 -DVERSION=\"2.6.0\" -DCROSS_COMPILE  \
    -I../mtl/ -I../MTRand/ -DUSE_GAUSS \
    /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/libz.a -fopenmp \
    Main.cpp SolverDebug.cpp Solver.cpp \
    ClauseCleaner.cpp SCCFinder.cpp ClauseVivifier.cpp \
    PackedRow.cpp RestartTypeChooser.cpp MatrixFinder.cpp Gaussian.cpp \
    VarReplacer.cpp XorFinder.cpp ClauseAllocator.cpp PartHandler.cpp \
    Subsumer.cpp XorSubsumer.cpp FailedLitSearcher.cpp PartFinder.cpp \
    StateSaver.cpp UselessBinRemover.cpp SolverMisc.cpp \
    CompleteDetachReattacher.cpp DimacsParser.cpp SolverConf.cpp \
    OnlyNonLearntBins.cpp \
    -o cryptominisat.exe

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useful for examining archives:
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i586-mingw32msvc-nm libz.a
i586-mingw32msvc-objdump -G libz.a

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Other useful scripts
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./configure --host=x86_64-pc-linux --target=x86_64-pc-mingw32