Re: Update Windows Build Instructions

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

On 4 January 2015 at 03:58, Stephen Fisher <sfisher () sdf org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 06:52:56PM +0000, Graham Bloice wrote:
>
> > OK, it seems that even after all the complaints MS still haven't
> > updated VS 201x to provide it.  IIRC it went missing in VS2010. See
> > here for at least one complaint about it:
> https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/771247/win32-mak-is-missing-from-vs-2012-win-8-sdk-install
>
> Which installs don't have it?  I just installed VC 2013 Community
> Edition at home (the Win7 machine was at work), this time a32-bit Win8
> and it also has the file, but I again needed to update the INCLUDE path:
>
> SET INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include

Maybe your Win7 SDK came from an earlier install of the Platform SDK?  I
think mine did, I do have a separate entry for it in the Add\Remove
Programs list.  I don't think VS2013 installs that SDK, only the Win 8 ones
which are missing the file.

I really should try removing VS2013, removing the Win 7 SDK, checking for
detritus and re-installing VS2013 CE again.


> > I wish we could distribute it ourselves, but it has an MS copyright
> > notice on it.  Can we ask someone about it?
>
> Do we really need it?  It says on the top:
>
> # Win32.Mak - Win32 application master NMAKE definitions file for the
> #     Microsoft Windows SDK programming samples
>
> Which makes it sound like its intended for the programming samples and
> just setups up a bunch of variables/options.
>
> I think we do need some of the vars.  I suppose we could replicate the
bits we need in our own makefile.

However, if I ever (or someone else assists) get the Windows CMake build
fully operational, all this will go away as we can drop the nmake support.

-- 
Graham Bloice

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