Commit b0e8651a authored by Luca Barbato's avatar Luca Barbato

doc: Amend the MSYS2 Documentation

Explain better which environment is discouraged and mention the
shortcuts names.
parent 4f979418
...@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ Notes: ...@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ Notes:
@itemize @itemize
@item Native MSYS building is discouraged, MSYS2 provides a full mingw-w64 @item Building for the MSYS environment is discouraged, MSYS2 provides a full
environment through @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or @file{mingw32_shell.bat} MinGW-w64 environment through @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or
that should be used instead of the environment provides by @file{mingw32_shell.bat} that should be used instead of the environment
@file{msys2_shell.bat}. provided by @file{msys2_shell.bat}.
@item Building using MSYS2 can be sped up by disabling implicit rules in the @item Building using MSYS2 can be sped up by disabling implicit rules in the
Makefile by calling @code{make -r} instead of plain @code{make}. This Makefile by calling @code{make -r} instead of plain @code{make}. This
...@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ The MSYS2 MinGW-w64 environment provides ready to use toolchains and dependencie ...@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ The MSYS2 MinGW-w64 environment provides ready to use toolchains and dependencie
through @command{pacman}. through @command{pacman}.
Make sure to use @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or @file{mingw32_shell.bat} to have Make sure to use @file{mingw64_shell.bat} or @file{mingw32_shell.bat} to have
the correct MinGW-w64 environment. the correct MinGW-w64 environment. The default install provides shortcuts to
them under @command{MinGW-w64 Win64 Shell} and @command{MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell}.
@example @example
# normal msys2 packages # normal msys2 packages
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