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When I try to compile a 32-bit program on a 64-bit host with MinGW-builds:

T:\mingw64>.\bin\g++ -m32 Test.cpp

I get:

t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libstdc++.dll.a when searching for -lstdc++
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libstdc++.a when searching for -lstdc++
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0\libstdc++.a when searching for -lstdc++
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libstdc++.dll.a when searching for -lstdc++
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libstdc++.a when searching for -lstdc++
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lstdc++
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingw32.a when searching for -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmingw32.a when searching for -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingw32.a when searching for -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libgcc_s.a when searching for -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libgcc_s.a when searching for -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libgcc_s.a when searching for -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0\libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmoldname.a when searching for -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmoldname.a when searching for -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmoldname.a when searching for -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingwex.a when searching for -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmingwex.a when searching for -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingwex.a when searching for -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmsvcrt.a when searching for -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmsvcrt.a when searching for -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmsvcrt.a when searching for -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libadvapi32.a when searching for -ladvapi32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libadvapi32.a when searching for -ladvapi32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libadvapi32.a when searching for -ladvapi32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -ladvapi32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libshell32.a when searching for -lshell32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libshell32.a when searching for -lshell32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libshell32.a when searching for -lshell32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lshell32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libuser32.a when searching for -luser32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libuser32.a when searching for -luser32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libuser32.a when searching for -luser32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -luser32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libkernel32.a when searching for -lkernel32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libkernel32.a when searching for -lkernel32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libkernel32.a when searching for -lkernel32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lkernel32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libiconv.a when searching for -liconv
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libiconv.a when searching for -liconv
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libiconv.a when searching for -liconv
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -liconv
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingw32.a when searching for -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmingw32.a when searching for -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingw32.a when searching for -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmingw32
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libgcc_s.a when searching for -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libgcc_s.a when searching for -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libgcc_s.a when searching for -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgcc_s
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0\libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgcc
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmoldname.a when searching for -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmoldname.a when searching for -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmoldname.a when searching for -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmoldname
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingwex.a when searching for -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmingwex.a when searching for -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmingwex.a when searching for -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmingwex
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmsvcrt.a when searching for -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libmsvcrt.a when searching for -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: skipping incompatible t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libmsvcrt.a when searching for -lmsvcrt
t:/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lmsvcrt
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Similarly when I try to compile a 64-bit program on a 32-bit host with MinGW-builds:

T:\mingw32>.\bin\g++ -m64 Test.cpp

I get:

Test.cpp:1:0: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in
 #include <iostream>
 ^

Aren't MinGW-builds supposed to be dual-target?

What am I missing?

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  • I think the only dual-target MinGW-w64 build is [TDM-GCC](http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/start). All variants of MinGW Builds seem to be single-target, but I might be wrong. – Alexander Shukaev Apr 30 '13 at 17:40
  • @Haroogan: Doesn't MinGW-builds claim to be dual-target though? – user541686 Apr 30 '13 at 17:54
  • Well, yeah, according to this page it seems like they do. But the output you get is suspicious. Have you checked whether the distribution actually contains all these libraries in both variants (32-bit and 64-bit)? – Alexander Shukaev Apr 30 '13 at 18:00
  • @Haroogan: To be honest I never understand how the library-finding system in GCC works... it seems to only look for libraries in folders it's been hardcoded to look in, so even if I copy over libraries into a different architecture folder from another GCC it never seems to work. I just end up getting confused at what's going on, what's included and what isn't, hence the question. According to the error the libs don't exist but I haven't checked further. – user541686 Apr 30 '13 at 18:08
  • Did you download SEH variant? – Alexander Shukaev May 05 '13 at 08:08
  • @Haroogan: Yes, that's also the one I linked to. – user541686 May 05 '13 at 08:13
  • So, I can tell you that it's the single-target one. It was also confirmed on the mailing list recently. – Alexander Shukaev May 05 '13 at 08:42
  • @Haroogan: Huh... do you know which ones are multitarget? – user541686 May 05 '13 at 08:45
  • The plain old SJLJ should be for sure. – Alexander Shukaev May 05 '13 at 08:52
  • @Haroogan: The 32-bit SJLJ indeed does compile for both architectures, but when I try to run its 64-bit output, it says `The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.` Its 32-bit output runs fine. – user541686 May 05 '13 at 09:00
  • `0xC000007B` is `STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT` and this is a good evidence that the 64-bit application is trying to load 32-bit DLL. Check it with Dependency Walker, and also make sure whether you have 64-bit DLLs in the `PATH`. – Alexander Shukaev May 05 '13 at 09:10
  • @Haroogan: Ahh that explains it! I needed to have `\i686-w64-mingw32\lib64` in my path, but it was looking inside `\bin`. Thanks a lot! – user541686 May 05 '13 at 09:29
  • No problem, want to see all this in the form of summarized answer? – Alexander Shukaev May 05 '13 at 09:30
  • @Haroogan: Definitely, sounds great! :) – user541686 May 05 '13 at 09:32

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For those who are getting this linker error on linux with mingw, you are probably trying to build a 32 bit binary with the 64 bit compiler with the -m32 flag or the other way around it.

To fix this issue, just compile with i686-w64-mingw32 instead of x86_64-w64-mingw32.

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  • This did it for me, Thanks! I added -i686-w64-mingw32 flag to g++ flags. – Dan Jan 19 '14 at 15:08
  • `gcc -x86_64-w64-mingw32 helloworld.c` gave language not recognized error, `gcc -i686-w64-mingw32 helloworld.c` gavea ` unrecognized command line option`. I am using gdb, gcc, g++ from mingw distribution on Windows 7 64 bit. **(1)** gdb is configured as "i686-pc-mingw32" **(2)** gcc.exe (x86_64-win32-seh-rev201506, mingwpy build) 4.9.2 **(3)** g++.exe (x86_64-win32-seh-rev201506, mingwpy build) 4.9.2. – Mahesha999 Mar 20 '17 at 07:58
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Although the General Usage Instructions page on MinGW-w64 Wiki claims that the MinGW-builds project supplies dual-target compilers, this is not completely true anymore. The SEH variants (which come starting from GCC 4.8.0) are only single-target. You can see it yourself by inspecting the directory structure of their distributions, i.e. they contain only the libraries with either 64- or 32-bit addressing, but not both. Furthermore, recently it was confirmed on the mailing list of MinGW-builds.

On the other hand, plain old SJLJ distributions are indeed dual-target. If you get:

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.

when running the 64-bit application produced by these distributions, then you should recall that 0xC000007B is the code of STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT, which is a good evidence that 64-bit application is trying to load 32-bit DLLs. Probably, you have added \bin to PATH, whereas should have added \i686-w64-mingw32\lib64 for 64-bit applications to run properly.

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  • So it's not possible to have the `bin` directory in the `Path` environment variable when cross-compiling? That's a pretty big limitation I think... Who always wants to use absolute paths to `g++` etc.? – jansohn Jul 04 '17 at 08:28