Building for XP on Linux

[wiffporkins]

My goal is to build Mumble and Murmur for a client and server which are both running Windows XP. Is it possible to build an XP executable on a Linux machine, or do I need to build these executables from a native XP environment? Thanks in advance.

[hacst]

Unless you want to take a trip into a world of pain I'd recommend you to compile clients for the windows platform on windows :lol:

I'm not even sure it's even feasible at all with our dependencies on DirectX and various other specific APIs.

[wiffporkins]

That's sorta what I figured. Just wanted a definite answer before I begin tackling all the dependencies for the Windows build. Thanks!

[realnc]

It should be possible with this: http://www.nongnu.org/mingw-cross-env

It might be even better than building on Windows, since with mingw-cross-env you'll be using the latest GCC and also be building fully statically, resulting in no DLL dependencies.

[pcgod]

I'm not sure if mingw includes headers for all Win 7 features. The last time I checked it didn't and you won't be able to compile without that (at least not without modifing some files).