Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Updating versions

[Peter Rockett]

On 30/03/13 12:09, Mark Brand wrote:
> Peter Rockett wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Newbie question - but...
> >
> > I have used MXE only once before - massively impressed! Great job, guys!
> >
> > I now want to start a new Qt project which I want to cross-build but 
> > the MXE Qt package version is 4.8.1 whereas the latest version (which 
> > I have downloaded for Linux) is 5.0.1, a major version increment. 
> > (Also, gsl is 1.14 as opposed to 1.15 but that's a minor issue. Quite 
> > a few other libs seem 'out-of-date'.)  My question: How do I upgrade 
> > to the latest version(s) of packages?
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Don't use the "stable" version for new work because it's hopelessly 
> out of date. Use the "development" version which is the git master 
> branch. See the website for details. You'll find very recent package 
> versions there and it's actually pretty stable. If you run into 
> problems, ask here, or preferably on the github site.
>
> regards,
>
> Mark
Thanks for the suggestion - the development version does seem a little 
more up to date but gsl is still at 1.14 despite gsl 1.1.5 being 
released in May 2011. So quite a time lag between updates? Of greater 
immediate interest, in the development version there is Qt 4.8.4, or all 
the Qt components can be installed separately as 5.0.2. So the inference 
is if I install the full Qt package I get 4.8.4 but if I install Qt by 
components I get 5.02.  Something wrong here surely? (BTW: I cannot find 
QtSvg 5.0.2, for example, on the Digia git site, only version 5.0.1 and 
then 5.1.0.)

So. My question remains. How is it possible to install the latest 
versions of packages? Where does the *.mk file get the VERSION variable? 
Is this parsed from the local index.html file? In which case, if I edit 
the index.html file, will I get the required version? Or have I got this 
completely wrong?

Peter