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@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ Download it from apple, or search for it on github. Create a new directoty calle
directory and place the entire MacOSX10.11.sdk folder in it. The depends build will then pick it up automatically
(without requiring SDK_PATH).
+
+#Mingw builds
+
+Building for 32/64bit mingw requires switching alternatives to a posix mode
+
+```bash
+update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix
+update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-posix
+```
+
### Other documentation
- [description.md](description.md): General description of the depends system