From f140a74a13fe05bd300003690638eca1ae471bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:18:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added MinGW tips

[SVN r18695]
---
 doc/building.html | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html
index d08ed05d..e03c1ef7 100644
--- a/doc/building.html
+++ b/doc/building.html
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 
           <dt><a href="#cygwin">Notes for Cygwin GCC Users</a></dt>
 
+          <dt><a href="#mingw">Notes for MinGW (and Cygwin with -mno-cygwin)
+          GCC Users</a></dt>
+
           <dt><a href="#testing">Testing</a></dt>
         </dl>
       </dd>
@@ -222,6 +225,19 @@
     build of bjam to build and test Boost.Python and Boost.Python extensions
     using Cygwin GCC and targeting a Cygwin build of Python.</p>
 
+    <h3><a name="mingw">Notes for MinGW (and Cygwin with -mno-cygwin) GCC
+    Users</a></h3>
+
+    <p>You will need to create a MinGW-compatible version of the Python
+    library; the one shipped with Python will only work with a
+    Microsoft-compatible linker. Follow the instructions in the
+    "Non-Microsoft" section of the "Building Extensions: Tips And Tricks"
+    chapter in <a href=
+    "http://www.python.org/doc/current/inst/index.html">Installing Python
+    Modules</a> to create <code>libpythonXX.a</code>, where <code>XX</code>
+    corresponds to the major and minor version numbers of your Python
+    installation.</p>
+
     <h3><a name="results">Results</a></h3>
 
     <p>The build process will create a