From 53a46d86ebc9a12146632c5e83577d4db720bf37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "William A. Rowe Jr" Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Refresh some language for windows builders git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@421751 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/platform/win_compiling.xml | 42 ++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/platform/win_compiling.xml b/docs/manual/platform/win_compiling.xml index f82905397c..cb55fae3d1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/platform/win_compiling.xml +++ b/docs/manual/platform/win_compiling.xml @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  • -

    Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or higher.

    +

    Microsoft Visual C++ (Microsoft Visual Studio) 5.0 or higher.

    Apache can be built using the command line tools, or from within the Visual Studio IDE Workbench. The command line build requires the environment to reflect the PATH, @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@

  • The Windows Platform SDK.

    -

    Visual C++ 5.0 builds require an updated Microsoft Windows - Platform SDK to enable some Apache features. For command line +

    Apache's APR and APR-util builds require an updated Microsoft + Windows Platform SDK, from 2003 or later. For command line builds, the Platform SDK environment is prepared by the setenv batch file:

    @@ -75,24 +75,18 @@ "c:\Program Files\Platform SDK\setenv.bat" -

    The Platform SDK files distributed with Visual C++ 6.0 and - later are sufficient, so users of later version may skip - this requirement.

    - - Note that the Windows Platform SDK update is required - to enable all supported mod_isapi features. - Without a recent update, Apache will issue warnings under - MSVC++ 5.0 that some mod_isapi features - will be disabled. Look for the update at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/platform.asp. +

    The Platform SDK files distributed with Visual C++ 5.0, 6.0 + and Visual Studio .NET (2000) are no longer sufficient. + Users of Visual Studio 2003 and later versions (of the full product, + not the 'express' flavor) and later versions may skip this + requirement.

  • The awk utility (awk, gawk or similar).

    To install Apache within the build system, several files are - modified using the awk.exe utility. awk was chosen since it - is a very small download (compared with Perl or WSH/VB) and + modified using the awk.exe utility. awk was chosen since + it is a very small download (compared with Perl or WSH/VB) and accomplishes the task of generating files. Brian Kernighan's http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/bwk/ @@ -109,12 +103,16 @@ to this list, and your system PATH environment variable, as needed. - Also note that if you are using Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) the awk utility is named gawk.exe and - that the file awk.exe is really a symlink to the gawk.exe - file. The Windows command shell does not recognize symlinks, and because of that - building InstallBin will fail. A workaround is to delete awk.exe from - the cygwin installation and rename gawk.exe to awk.exe. + Also note that if you are using Cygwin tools + (http://www.cygwin.com/) + the awk utility is named gawk.exe and that the file + awk.exe is really a symlink to the gawk.exe + file. The Windows command shell does not recognize symlinks, and + because of that building InstallBin will fail. A workaround is + to delete awk.exe from the cygwin installation and + copy gawk.exe to awk.exe. Also note the + cygwin/mingw ports of gawk 3.0.x were buggy, please upgrade to 3.1.x + before attempting to use any gawk port.

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