fixes34.4 catch up

diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 00f581816897450ea4aabd751a4d6568b250a726..eac81d007a4777ce6867e762cb796283852e3248 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ escape the deleted trap after performing the invocation while trapped
 use alternate phrasing when life drain attack affects non-living creature
 bypass "wait! there's a creature hidden there" when attacking a hidden monster
        sensed by ongoing monster detection
+remove makedefs.c dependency that time_t and long are the same size
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes

diff --git a/sys/winnt/Install.nt b/sys/winnt/Install.nt
index c6adb191151abddf009d130e476c74eb9350b1f9..e03970cddc9e3ca94bc9bbf7816067d43584cf70 100644 (file)
--- a/sys/winnt/Install.nt
+++ b/sys/winnt/Install.nt
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ You can build either the TTY version of NetHack or the Windows Graphical
 version.  In either case you can use one of the following build
 environments:
 
-  o A copy of Microsoft Visual C V6.0 SP3 or later, which includes
-    Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition plus the MS Platform SDK.  
-    The current code has not been tested with earlier versions.
+  o A copy of Microsoft Visual C V6.0 SP3 or later. An acceptable
+    later version is the C compiler that can be downloaded as
+    Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition, but you must also download
+    the MS Platform SDK in order to build native win32 applications
+    such as NetHack. The current NetHack code has not been tested 
+    with earlier versions of the compiler.             
                
-       OR
+    OR
 
   o A copy of Borland C 5.5.1 command line tools.  Borland has made a
     version of its command line tools available for download after
@@ -126,16 +129,28 @@ Setting Up
 1.  It almost goes without saying that you should make sure that your 
     tools are set up and running correctly.  That includes ensuring that
     all the necessary environment variables for the compiler environment
-    are set correctly. For Visual C++ 6.x, you need to execute 
-    vcvars32.bat which is probably in the bin directory of your compilers 
-    directory tree. If you are using the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition,
-    you will need to download and install the MS Platform SDK as well. 
-    The Platform SDK is required for building native WIN32 applications, 
-    such as this. The two must be integrated to work together. At the
-    time of this writing, there were instructions available from the
-    manufacturer at the following URL:
+    are set correctly. 
+
+    For Visual C++ 6.x, you need to execute 
+       vcvars32.bat 
+    which is probably in the bin directory of your compilers directory tree.
+  
+    For Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition, you will need to download 
+    and install the MS Platform SDK as well.  The Platform SDK is 
+    required for building native WIN32 applications, such as NetHack. 
+    The two must be integrated to work together once. 
+    At the time of this writing, there were instructions available from 
+    the manufacturer at the following URL:
       http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
 
+    Once you have Visual Studio 2005 Express and the Platform SDK 
+    properly integrated with each other, you need to execute
+        vcvarsall.bat
+    which is probably in the bin directory of your VSINSTALLDIR.
+    Then for the Platform SDK, you need to execute
+        SetEnv.cmd
+    from the Platform SDK install directory.
+
     For the GCC Makefile, add <mingw>\bin to your path, where <mingw> 
     is your MinGW root directory.).