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RE: Win32 Build System (was: Review & commit for svnserve Win32 service support)

From: Mark Phippard <markp_at_softlanding.com>
Date: 2006-02-24 18:41:40 CET

"Arlie Davis" <adavis@stonestreetone.com> wrote on 02/24/2006 12:29:02 PM:

> gen-make.py and its associated files may be an excellent way to maintain
the
> project, especially given the needs of keeping the project coherent on a
> variety of different platforms. I don't have a problem with
gen-make.py.
>
> What I do have a problem with is the fact that getting a working build
on
> Windows is rather more difficult than it should be. I followed the
> directions in hacking.html and INSTALL, but was still never able to get
this
> working. I could go into the details of my experience, but that would
chew
> up a fair amount of list bandwidth, and may bore some people who have
> already gone through this.
>
> I've used and developed on a wide variety of platforms, Unix variants,
> mainframes, VMS, Win32, etc. And the experience that I'm accustomed to
when
> dealing with OSS projects on Unix is fairly rational these days --
extract,
> ./configure (or something similar), build, and go. But my experience
with
> Subversion on Win32 is nowhere near as seamless.

That toolchain does not exist or is not used for Windows development, so
the Python script approximates it. I seriously doubt that you problem is
with the script (other than customizing it as I mentioned) but it is
usually with getting all of the required pieces installed correctly so
that you can use the script. I have always found that the INSTALL
document does a good job laying this out.

TortoiseSVN has created NANT build scripts for Subversion if that
interests you at all.

Mark

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