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Re: [PATCH] small INSTALL file corrections

From: Stefan Hett <stefan_at_egosoft.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:54:59 +0200

Hi Bert,

do you want me to attempt to update the INSTALL document and remove
references to VC6/VS.NET (2002/2003) and provide a new patch with the
changes against trunk?

Regards,
Stefan
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stefan Hett [mailto:stefan_at_egosoft.com]
>> Sent: woensdag 22 april 2015 16:35
>> To: dev_at_subversion.apache.org
>> Subject: [PATCH] small INSTALL file corrections
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> following the INSTALL documentation I took the chance to correct a few
>> minor things I spotted.
>> Here's a patch containing the changes, in case you want to apply it to
>> the source (patch against trunk):
>>
>> [[[
>> Several small updates/corrections to the INSTALL file:
>> - mention VS 2010 compatibility
>> - case-correction for February
>> - replaced dead-link to Platform SDK for VC6 with link to still
>> available instructions
>> - replaced redirection URL zlib.org with direct URL zlib.net
>> - update VS build instructions to be suitable for VS >= 2010
>> - added missing compatibility note for VS 2008
>>
>> * INSTALL
>> documentation updated
>> ]]]
> ^> Index: INSTALL
> ^> ===================================================================
> ^> --- INSTALL (revision 1675365)
> ^> +++ INSTALL (working copy)
> ^> @@ -751,13 +751,13 @@ II. INSTALLATION
> ^> E.1 Prerequisites
> ^>
> ^> * Visual Studio 6 and service pack. It can be built with later versions
> ^> - of Visual Studio (Visual Studio.NET 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 and Visual
> ^> + of Visual Studio (Visual Studio.NET 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010 and Visual
>
> I doubt if Visual Studio 2002 and 2003 still work. I don't think so.
>
> Visual Studio 2012, 2013 and the current prerelease of 2015 are supported.
>
>
> ^> C++ Express 2005, 2008) but these instructions assume VS6.
> ^> * A recent Windows SDK. (Not needed with Visual Studio 2005 and later)
> ^> If you are using Visual Studio 6, you need the latest SDK which
> ^> - is compatible with VC6, which is the one from february 2003.
> ^> + is compatible with VC6, which is the one from February 2003.
> ^> You can get it from MSDN:
> ^> - http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
> ^> + https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsdesktop/en-US/e1147034-9b0b-4494-a5bc-6dfebb6b7eb1/download-and-install-microsoft-platform-sdk-febuary-2003-last-version-with-vc6-support?forum=windowssdk
> ^> * Python 2.5 or higher, downloaded from http://www.python.org/ which is
> ^> used to generate the project files.
> ^> * Perl 5.8 or higher from http://www.activestate.com/
> ^> @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ II. INSTALLATION
> ^> checkout and have not downloaded Apache 2, then get these 3 libraries
> ^> from http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/.
> ^> * ZLib 1.2 or higher is required and is included in the Subversion
> ^> - dependencies zip file or can be obtained from http://www.zlib.org
> ^> + dependencies zip file or can be obtained from http://www.zlib.net/
> ^> * Either a Subversion client binary from http://subversion.apache.org/ to
> ^> do the initial checkout of the Subversion source or the zip file
> ^> source distribution. See the section "Bootstrapping from a Zip or
> ^> @@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ II. INSTALLATION
> ^> followed the 'Register the SDK with Visual Studio 6' instructions
> ^> above this has been done for you).
> ^> * If you are using Visual Studio .NET change -t dsw into -t vcproj and
> ^> - add the --vsnet-version=200x option on the gen-make.py command.
> ^> + add the --vsnet-version=20xx option on the gen-make.py command.
> ^> In this case you will also have to distribute the C runtime dll with
> ^> the binaries. Also, since Apache/APR do not provide .vcproj files,
> ^> you will need to convert the Apache/APR .dsp files to .vcproj files
> ^> @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ II. INSTALLATION
> ^> C:>msdev subversion_msvc.dsw /USEENV /MAKE "__ALL_TESTS__ - Win32 Release"
> ^> C:>cd ..
> ^>
> ^> - Or, with Visual C++.NET 2002, 2003, 2005:
> ^> + Or, with Visual C++.NET 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010:
> ^>
> ^> C:>devenv subversion_vcnet.sln /build "Release" /project "__ALL_TESTS__"
> ^> C:>cd ..
>
> I would recommend msbuild /t:__ALL_TESTS__ with modern versions of Visual Studio, as that avoids doing a lot of unneeded IO. The other option is opening the solution in Visual Studio and building from there, but running devenv for a commandline build doesn't give you access to errors and warnings.
>
> Bert
>
>
Received on 2015-04-24 11:55:34 CEST

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