@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ release use the 4.14 release which will continue to be supported and updated
1111while 5.0 reaches feature and stability parity. Similarly, if you need one of
1212the ports not yet supported in the 5.0 release you must use the 4.14 release.
1313
14- Only the MinGW-w64 port is supported. On 32-bit systems, only the bytecode
15- compiler is supported. Native-code support for these 32-bit systems is under
16- discussion. Support for the MSVC and Cygwin ports will be added back in later
17- releases.
14+ The MSVC port is presently not supported, but will hopefully be added back in
15+ later releases. On 32-bit systems, only the bytecode compiler is supported.
16+ Native-code support for these 32-bit systems is under discussion.
1817
1918= Release notes for the Microsoft Windows ports of OCaml =
2019:toc: macro
@@ -81,9 +80,7 @@ Only the `make` Cygwin package is required. `diffutils` is required if you wish
8180to be able to run the test suite.
8281
8382Unless you are also compiling the Cygwin port of OCaml, you do not need the
84- `gcc-core` or `flexdll` packages. If you do install them, care may be required
85- to ensure that a particular build is using the correct installation of
86- `flexlink`.
83+ `gcc-core` or `flexdll` packages.
8784
8885[[bmflex]]
8986In addition to Cygwin, FlexDLL must also be installed, which is available from
@@ -209,7 +206,7 @@ quickly as it will be unable to link `ocamlrun`.
209206
210207Now run:
211208
212- ./configure --build=i686 -pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-windows
209+ ./configure --build=x86_64 -pc-cygwin --host=i686-pc-windows
213210
214211for 32-bit, or:
215212
@@ -274,7 +271,7 @@ the WinZip Options Window.)
274271
275272Now run:
276273
277- ./configure --build=i686 -pc-cygwin --host=i686-w64-mingw32
274+ ./configure --build=x86_64 -pc-cygwin --host=i686-w64-mingw32
278275
279276for 32-bit, or:
280277
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