Re: [INTERNALS-WIN] Build environment notes (single CRT)

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Steph Fox <[email protected]> wrote:
>> if the library is present in php_build\lib and its header are in
>> php_build\include, then it will simply work, as it always did.
>
> Yes, but you're ignoring the fact that the original build setup wasn't laid
> out this way.

It *works* like that. So where is the problem?


>> is nothing to change in config.w32. Using CVS to compile is a bad idea
>> in the first place, if we make changes to the CVS and they gave been
>> proven stable, then we will provide new builds as well. But asking the
>> users to use a cvs checkout for this dependency is not an option.
>
> Normally I'd agree with you, but that particular code hasn't been touched in
> 5 years and isn't ever going to be touched again.

that just confirms why we should not bother (and I will not bother
anymore about that).

>> If one still likes to use the CVS, then he can always build it himself
>> and copy it to php_build, just like any other library.
>
> ... which is what most people with an existing setup will have done,

Wrong...

> particularly if they have a history of working with the old .dsp files.

You must be one of the last developers to rely on the dsp or use VC6
as your main compiler/IDE.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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