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| author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-06-14 22:38:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-06-14 22:38:57 +0000 |
| commit | c4b4a802afc6b3aef232f7e07250e26c700f7632 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a6be90b0bf6521d6a8817908167210a7f55a430 /README.win32 | |
| parent | 573308d495f66c76fed69109cd7f24140241dcfa (diff) | |
added a section describing the problems with MSVC 7 compiler
(as I don't use it myself, please correct me if anything is wrong)
svn path=/trunk/; revision=11145
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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 2c9a044a4e..6fd13a0089 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README.win32,v 1.70 2004/04/18 10:16:19 obiot Exp $ +$Id: README.win32,v 1.71 2004/06/14 22:38:57 ulfl Exp $ Installing Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32 ==================================================== @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ MS Visual C++ Version 7 / VC.NET Currently unsupported for two reasons: -the licence agreement does NOT allow you to compile GPL code. -there are serious problems in using DLL's compiled with MS VC6. +See section "Problems with MS Visual C++ Version 7 / VC.NET" below. Cygwin GCC Ethereal can entirely be built with cygwin GCC. However the built binaries will @@ -436,6 +437,21 @@ After (re-)starting Ethereal, you should now see it's widgets in the modern WinXP style on your screen. +Problems with MS Visual C++ Version 7 / VC.NET +---------------------------------------------- +Beside licensing problems with these compilers, there are known problems with DLL's. +If Ethereal is compiled with MSVC Version 7, there are conflicts in the MSVCRT DLL's, +The MSVCRT.DLL includes the standard ANSI-C functions like fopen, malloc, etc.. MSVCRT.DLL +is shipped with the MSVC 6 compiler versions, and dynamically linked to prebuild DLL's like +the one's for gtk, glib and such. The MSVC 7 compiler now uses and ships MSVCRT71.DLL with +it, which is incompatible with MSVCRT.DLL. So when using the MSVC 7 compiler, some parts of +the Ethereal code uses MSVCRT71.DLL, and some others (indirectly from e.g. the gtk DLL) will +use MSVCRT.DLL. This will result in incorrect file handles and such. + +The same problem seems to apply on all MSVC compilers after version 6, like the +"Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003". + + Instructions for Cygwin ----------------------- |