MSYS-MINGW build on Windows

[Claupacius]

Hello,
I'm trying to build VLC using MSYS_MINGW tutorial, found at http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYSNew

I installed all tools and made all necessary updates.

However, I cannot understand when directory win32 mentioned in command :

cp -v /usr/win32/share/aclocal/* m4/

is created ?

as I understand, the "usr" directory is mapped to the root of MSYS/1.0 folder.
Please, clarify this point.
Thanks

[gnosygnu]

Yup. The "usr" directory maps to MSYS/1.0.

The cp -v /usr/win32/share/aclocal/* m4/ effectively expands to the following:

Source: C:\msys\1.0\win32\share\aclocal
Target: C:\msys\1.0\home\claupacius <or whatever your windows user name is>\vlc\m4

Hope this helps.