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Hi zhangchuanxyz, Out of interest, if you change the line endings on the files that bootstrap reads can you get further along the process? I have experienced the same error before and suspect that the git download process for msys (installation possibilities and step by step guidelines?) may have s...

You can try cross compilation with Linux(Ubuntu) or something. On Windows, you should do it in a virtual machine.
I think cross compilation is much easier than native compilation with MSYS.

Thank you. I will try it.

I did not meet you this situation, but I still want to look at, I hope I can solve the problem :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: Oh, thank you very much. I want to know that If you have seen the source code from "git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git"? That is very different from 1.1.11. I am a chin...

You should be able to compile master with guide of Win32CompileMSYSNew

Yes, I do it with guide of "Win32CompileMSYSNew", and I have succeeded to compile 1.1.11, but it doesn't work for the VLC source code from "git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git".

Update your tools and your contribs.

I configure the build environment as the instructions at "http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYSNew", and successfully compile 1.1.11. Right?

Hi: I clone the VLC source code from "git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git", and I try to compile it. I use MinGW and Msys, and try to follow the instructions at "http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYSNew" to compile it. But when I ran "PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH ./bootstrap&quo...