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Windows Build: Why does the windows build guide instructs to add "mingw64/bin" to ~/.bash_profile?
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Description
The guide already tells us to run "MSYS2 MINGW64" shell. That one already has "mingw64/bin" in the PATH.
Additionally adding "mingw64/bin" to ~/.bash_profile potentially breaks other msys2 shells/toolchains, as it's loaded in all of them.
Maybe instead of poluting the global ~/.bash_profile, the project can use a .bat file that adds the necessary envars and loads the correct shell?
Contributor guide
Research direction
Locate the Windows build guide and review its instructions for the MSYS2 MINGW64 shell and ~/.bash_profile. Confirm whether the global PATH change is needed, then update the documented setup or provide the proposed shell-loading approach; done means the guide avoids unintended changes to other MSYS2 toolchains.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100