MySQL Bugs: #70027: cmake for mingw

Bug #70027	cmake for mingw
Submitted:	14 Aug 2013 7:51
Reporter:	Lars Engelhard	Email Updates:
Status:	Open	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / C	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	6.1.0 and 6.1.1	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Issue came up and the build failed with error
unknown type name 'CONDITION VARIABLE' CONDITION VARIABLE native_cond; when using mingw32; 
i686-w64-mingw32; 
x86_64-w64-mingw32;

environments. W64 project claimed to actually know the CONDITION VARIABLE.

However, the cmake config is not working for those environments. Many people claim unresolved problems when using mysql-connector-c with mingw. When using cygwin, some succeeded in building a static lib out of the dll, but these steps will not work with the mingw environments on linux when crosscompiling.

Thanks for looking at this issue/feature request! Many people struggled to do a compilation with mingw from source and because of that, there is no crosscompiling solution out there. Many projects fail because of this problem.

How to repeat:
Any cross compilation environment for windows on unix machines using mingw such as:

mingw32; 
i686-w64-mingw32; 
x86_64-w64-mingw32;

I need libmysql to be added to mxe (www.mxe.cc). MXE (M cross environment) is a Makefile that compiles a cross compiler and cross compiles many free libraries.

For a quick and detailed repeat, please check the private comment.