Try to use a custom i686 gnu toolchain on appveyor

Author: brson

appveyor.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ environment:
     BITS: 64
   - TARGET: i686-pc-windows-gnu
     BITS: 32
+    MINGW_URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.9.2/threads-win32/dwarf/i686-4.9.2-release-win32-dwarf-rt_v4-rev4.7z/download
+    MINGW_ARCHIVE: i686-4.9.2-release-win32-dwarf-rt_v4-rev4.7z
+    MINGW_DIR: mingw32
   access_token:
     secure: q8Wqx0brgfpOYFQqWauvucE2h0o1WYb41a3gKaCKV9QiE4eTz6qLNlqyC3mdsp4Q
 branches:
@@ -21,6 +24,12 @@ on_finish:
   - ps: $blockRdp = $true; iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))
 
 install:
+  - if defined MSYS_BITS set PATH=C:\msys64\mingw%MSYS_BITS%\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
+  - if defined MINGW_ARCHIVE appveyor DownloadFile "%MINGW_URL%" -FileName "%MINGW_ARCHIVE%"
+  - if defined MINGW_ARCHIVE 7z x -y "%MINGW_ARCHIVE%" > nul
+  - if defined MINGW_ARCHIVE set PATH=%CD%\%MINGW_DIR%\bin;%PATH%
+  - if defined MINGW_ARCHIVE where gcc
+  - if defined MINGW_ARCHIVE gcc -v
   - ps: |
       # Install Rust
       Start-FileDownload "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-${env:TARGET}.exe" -FileName "rust-nightly.exe"
@@ -29,8 +38,8 @@ install:
 
       # For -gnu builds
       if ($env:TARGET -match "-gnu$") {
-        $env:PATH="C:\msys64\usr\bin;$env:PATH"
-        $env:PATH="C:\msys64\mingw${env:BITS}\bin;$env:PATH"
+        #$env:PATH="C:\msys64\usr\bin;$env:PATH"
+        #$env:PATH="C:\msys64\mingw${env:BITS}\bin;$env:PATH"
         # Remove the mingw gcc to keep it from interfering with the build
         Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "C:\rust\lib\rustlib\$env:TARGET\bin\"
       }