Re: Build system for Windows

Ruediger Pluem <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 09:38:13 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.apache.apr.devel
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On 5/9/26 11:22 PM, Ivan Zhakov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently apr-trunk has three different ways to build on Windows.
> 
> 1. Visual C++ 6.0 (.dsw/.dsp)
> 
> 2. NMake (apr.mak/libapr.mak). Generated during tarbal creation.
> 
> 3. CMake (CMakeLists.txt)
> 
> I suggest to make CMake the only build system for Windows and remove support for everything else (Visual C++ 6.0 and NMake):


+1 especially as this is only proposed for trunk currently.

Regards

Rüdiger