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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index b0c7ff1f12..c6c2bf13b1 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -106,6 +106,24 @@ Compilers MS Visual C++ Version 6 This is the common compiler used for building Ethereal on win32. +If you've downloaded an Ethereal source tarball and unpacked it, then, +before you do any build, you must do + + nmake -f makefile.nmake distclean + +to get rid of files included in the source distribution that are built +for UN*X (so that the source distribution can be compiled on UN*X +without requiring tools such as Flex) and that won't compile on Windows +as generated. + +You must also do that if you've built for UN*X in the same directory +tree, regardless of whether you are building from a source tarball or +from the Subversion tree. + +You do not have to do this if you're directly building from the +Subversion tree, as long as you haven't done a UN*X build in the same +directory. + MS Visual C++ Version 7 / VC.NET Currently unsupported for two reasons: -the licence agreement does NOT allow you to compile GPL code. |