NAME

       winegcc - Wine C and C++ MinGW Compatible Compiler

SYNOPSIS

       winegcc [options] infile...

DESCRIPTION

       winegcc  is  a gcc wrapper which tries to provide a MinGW compatible compiler under Linux.
       This is most useful to Win32 developers who can simply take their MinGW code from Windows,
       and recompile it without modifications under Winelib on Linux.  wineg++ accepts mostly the
       same options as winegcc.

       The  goal  of  winegcc  is  to  be   able   to   simply   replace   gcc/g++/windres   with
       winegcc/wineg++/wrc  in a MinGW Makefile, and just recompile the application using Winelib
       under Wine. While typically  there  are  small  adjustments  that  must  be  made  to  the
       application  source code and/or Makefile, it is quite easy to do them in a fashion that is
       compatible between the MinGW and Wine environments.

       This manual will document only the differences from gcc; please consult the gcc manual for
       more information on those options.

OPTIONS

       gcc options: All gcc options are supported, and are passed along to the backend compiler.

       -b,--target target
              Specify  the  target  architecture  triplet  for cross-compiling. winegcc will then
              invoke target-gcc instead of gcc.

       --wine-objdir dir
              Specify the Wine object directory. This is used when building Wine itself,  to  use
              the includes and libraries from inside the build tree.

       --winebuild name
              Specifies  the  path  and  name  of  the  winebuild  binary  that  will be launched
              automatically by winegcc.  If not set, winegcc will look for a file named winebuild
              in the path. This takes precedence over the WINEBUILD environment variable.

       -fno-short-wchar
              Override  the underlying type for wchar_t to be the default for the target, instead
              of using short unsigned int, which is the default for Win32.

       -mconsole
              This  option  passes  '--subsystem  console'  to  winebuild,   to   build   console
              applications. It is the default.

       -mno-cygwin
              Use Wine implementation of MSVCRT, instead of linking against the host system libc.
              This is necessary for the vast majority of Win32 applications,  as  they  typically
              depend  on  various  features  of  MSVCRT.  This  switch  is also used by the MinGW
              compiler to link against MSVCRT on Windows, instead of linking against Cygwin libc.
              Sharing the syntax with MinGW makes it very easy to write Makefiles that work under
              Wine, MinGW+MSYS, or MinGW+Cygwin.

       -municode
              Set the default entry point of the application to be the Unicode wmain() instead of
              the standard main().

       -mwindows
              This  option  adds  -lgdi32,  -lcomdlg32,  and  -lshell32  to  the  list of default
              libraries, and  passes  '--subsystem  windows'  to  winebuild  to  build  graphical
              applications.

       -nodefaultlibs
              Do  not  use the standard system libraries when linking. These include at a minimum
              -lkernel32, -luser32, -ladvapi32, and any default libraries  used  by  the  backend
              compiler.  The -mwindows option augments the list of default libraries as described
              above.

       -nostartfiles
              Do not add the winecrt0 library when linking.

       -Wb,option
              Pass an option to winebuild.  If option contains commas, it is split into  multiple
              options at the commas.

ENVIRONMENT

       WINEBUILD
              Specifies  the  path  and  name  of  the  winebuild  binary  that  will be launched
              automatically by winegcc.  If not set, winegcc will look for a file named winebuild
              in the path.

DEFINES

       winegcc  defines  __WINE__,  for  code  that needs to know when it is being compiled under
       Wine. It also defines WIN32,  _WIN32,  __WIN32,  __WIN32__,  __WINNT,  and  __WINNT__  for
       compatibility with MinGW.

BUGS

       The dllimport/dllexport attributes are not supported at the moment, due to lack of support
       for these features in the ELF version of gcc.

       Static linking is not currently supported against Wine DLLs. As  a  result,  the  -static,
       --static, and -Wl,-static options will generate an error.

       Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker ⟨https://bugs.winehq.org⟩.

AUTHORS

       winegcc was written by Dimitrie O. Paun.

AVAILABILITY

       winegcc  is  part  of  the  Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, the Wine
       development headquarters ⟨https://www.winehq.org/⟩.

SEE ALSO

       gcc(1), winebuild(1), wrc(1), wine(1),
       Wine documentation and support ⟨https://www.winehq.org/help⟩.