It appears that gremlins got into the packaging and the recent MSYS update was not, in fact, the Vista64 compatible release. I’ve now uploaded the correct archive and it should be available through the updater as we speak.

MSYS 1.0.11 RC2

I’d also like to thank James Wilding for his invaluable assistance in ensuring the (right) msys archive was Vista64 compatible.

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I’ve just finished uploading the files for devkitARM release 21.

• Upgraded to gcc 4.1.2
• Added gdb by popular request
• Now including libraries for ARM big-endian devices - this relates to a request from the winARM maintainers, not DS related.
• Newlib patches extended to allow time() to work on the DS
• argv has been added - this will require support from the homebrew launcher menu on various cards
• ndstool now uses the default arm7 core distributed with libnds in preference to an embedded one
• Now working on Vista/Vista64 - users who were impatient and modified paths should now remove those changes

devkitARM release 21

devkitARM release 21 requires libnds 20071023 - the argv and time additions have part of the implementation in libnds. The latest DS crt0 also calls extra startup code not present in earlier libnds versions.

• some freeBSD fixes to makefiles
• added RTC setup and sound initialisation to arm7 core
• corrected glViewport for openGL consistency ( old spelling was glViewPort) , correct angle for gluPerspective and corrected glFrustum matrix
• IRQ nesting now works properly
• other more general fixes detailed in the changelog on SF
• DS examples updated for latest libnds

libnds 20071023

nds examples 20071023

All files are now available through the automatic installer/updater.

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The version of Programmer’s Notepad supplied with devkitPro toolchains has now been updated to the latest development release. I have been using this locally for a month or so and, now that a portable version with no registry dependencies is available, I thought it was about time to update our version.

Full details of this release can be found on the Programmer’s Notepad sourceforge site.

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I’ll be releasing the latest iteration of devkitARM over the next day or so starting with some updates to the devkitPro components. After extensive testing I now have a toolchain which behaves properly on the Vista machines I have access to, including one Vista64 machine.

The first component to get updated is the MSYS version being used as the basis of the build system. A snapshot release of 1.0.11 is now available through the updater as usual. This sees the bash shell updated to 3.1.0, make brought up to 3.81 and now works as expected on Vista/Vista64.

MSYS 1.0.11-RC1

This file is required only for windows users and should be installed through the updater rather than updating manually.

I expect devkitARM release 21 to be available on the 23rd or 24th and downloadable from the automatic installer shortly thereafter.

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