I'd like to make a native build for the gcc compiler on my Windows 7 X64 laptop. After reading the installation instructions and realizing they were for a Unix system, I decided that it was time to seek help from someone with some more experience. I don't want to do anything fancy, just pretty much build the compiler in a fairly efficient form for my system.
I've already downloaded the source files and have a basic idea of where I want to install it but don't know how to proceed from there. I know there are pre-built binaries out there but I'd kinda like to make some optimizations specifically for my system.
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for Windows is not a simple task, primarily because it makes so many assumptions about being built and installed into a unix-like environment that Windows doesn't even come close to providing. It's why projects like MinGW & MSYS exist -- to provide those foundations and patches just to get the compiler built. In fact, you'd do well to get very familiar with MinGW & friends first, because the results of your effort are going to end up similar to theirs, and there's no reason to redo their work unless you like reinventing wheels.