Use Cygwin to build libiconv on Windows CI#14999
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Use Cygwin to build libiconv on Windows CI#14999straight-shoota merged 6 commits intocrystal-lang:masterfrom
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Resolves part of #14802. This uses the official releases and build instructions.
To compile code with this PR using a Windows Crystal compiler without this PR, either the new library files (
lib\iconv.lib,lib\iconv-dynamic.lib,iconv-2.dll) shall be copied to that existing Crystal installation, orCRYSTAL_LIBRARY_PATHshall include the newlibdirectory so that the@[Link]annotation will pick up the newiconv-2.dllon program builds. Otherwise, compiled programs will continue to look for the oldlibiconv.dll, and silently break if it is not in%PATH%(which is hopefully rare since most of the time Crystal itself is also in%PATH%).Cygwin's location is currently hardcoded to
C:\cygwin64, the default installation location for 64-bit Cygwin.Cygwin itself doesn't have native ARM64 support, but cross-compilation should be possible by simply using the x64-to-ARM64 cross tools MSVC developer prompt on an ARM64 machine.