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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/finish.nim | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/finish.nim b/tools/finish.nim index fffc7bf47..abdafebf1 100644 --- a/tools/finish.nim +++ b/tools/finish.nim @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ # -------------- post unzip steps --------------------------------------------- -import strutils, os, osproc +import strutils, os, osproc, browsers + +const arch = $(sizeof(int)*8) + +proc downloadMingw() = + openDefaultBrowser("http://nim-lang.org/download/mingw$1.zip" % arch) when defined(windows): import registry @@ -159,6 +164,25 @@ proc main() = echo "*incompatible* means Nim and GCC disagree on the size of a pointer." echo "No compatible MingW candidates found " & "in the standard locations [Error]" + if askBool("Do you want to download MingW from Nim's website? (y/n) "): + let dest = getCurrentDir() / "dist" + downloadMingw() + echo "After download, unzip it in: ", dest + echo "so that ", dest / "mingw" & arch, " exists." + if askBool("Download and unzip successful? (y/n) "): + incompat.setLen 0 + let alternative = tryDirs(incompat, defaultMingwLocations()) + if alternative.len == 0: + if incompat.len > 0: + echo "The following *incompatible* MingW installations exist" + for x in incompat: echo x + echo "*incompatible* means Nim and GCC disagree on the size of a pointer." + echo "Still no compatible MingW candidates found " & + "in the standard locations [Error]" + else: + echo "Patching Nim's config to use:" + echo alternative + patchConfig(alternative) else: if askBool("Found a MingW directory that is not in your PATH.\n" & alternative & |