[OpenAFS-devel] Windows build problems

[Michael Nelson]

Check the list archives, there is quite a bit of info on how to fix most
of the various problems.

-mike

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Jason Young wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm having a number of problems just getting out of the
> starting blocks to build OpenAFS for Windows.
>
> My environment:  Windows 2000 Professional
>                  Visual Studio 6, SP4
>
> Following the README.NT instructions, I:
> -) edited NTBuild.bat to reflect the paths
>    of Visual Studio and the OpenAFS source
>    dist.  I rem'd out the Installshield/Lex/Yacc
>    lines because I don't have them and they are
>    "Optional" and I don't want to touch any
>    comerr files at the moment.
>
> -) copied ..\src\NTMakefile to ..\
>
> -) ran nmake /f NTMakefile install
>
> Problem #1:  There are a bunch of "del" commands trying to
>              delete files that don't exist (yet or at all)
>
> Workaround #1:  Ignore failing dels,
>                 run nmake /I /f NTMakefile install
>
> Problem #2:  Some NTMakefile along the line is trying to
>              use NTMakefile.version, before src\config\NTMakefile
>              gets a chance to copy the -CML or -NOCML version
>              to NTMakefile.version
>
> Workaround #2: run nmake /I /f NTMakefile install in src\config
>
> Problem #3:  lots of compiles, lots of errors and warnings,
>              and finally start complaining about include files
>              in afs/somefile.h
>
> Workaround #3: start hand-copying missing files to DEST\include\afs
>                until I can't find some files.
>
>
> I know a certain amount of "tweaking" has to go into
> setting up a build environment for a sourced product
> - but this is a little crazy, I'd much rather spend
> what limited time I have to work with it to looking at
> problems in the code rather than dealing with OpenAFS
> build-specific NTMakefile esoterics.
>
> a) is this specific to VS 6?  (anybody done a VS6 compile?)
> b) has everyone else that has done a successful build
>    had to go through this?
> c) I know I'm liable to be missing something so simple it's
>    not even funny, a byproduct of a real lack of quality
>    time to spend here - pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
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