Re: Building on win32

On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 at 09:37, Ivan Zhakov <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 21:58, Daniel Sahlberg <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>> Den mån 10 juni 2024 kl 10:55 skrev Jun Omae <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 5:32 AM Daniel Sahlberg
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>>> Of course, you can use cmake to build apr on Windows. I use cmake to
>>> build apr, apr-util and httpd as dependencies of subversion on
>>> Windows.
>>>
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>> I also tried this, since my longterm goal is to build Subversion, where
>> there is some work going on to add a cmake based build system.
>>
>> It seems there are at least four different options, with the
>> documentation in various stage of completeness:
>> * .DSW files
>> * Makefile.win
>> * CMake
>> * vcpkg
>>
>> Cleanup of .dsw and NMake (Makefile.win) builds was proposed four years
> ago [1], but people objected to this idea. So .dsw and Makefile.win are
> still there, but as far as I know they have many limitations compared to
> CMake. I recommend using CMake to build APR on Windows. In my opinion CMake
> has many quirks, but it's a clear winner these days and most projects using
> it to build on Windows.
>
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> I guess what I'm trying to say is that the bar to get started with APR is
>> relatively high. Please don't take this as complaints - I'd be happy to
>> help in any way I can to improve the documentation.
>>
>> It would be great! Patches welcome!
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Missed link to the discussion:
[1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/bkpphm954olxxh2kdkmh3tzqjmdslxzc

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Ivan Zhakov