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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index e88ae30e01..d0d3c160a5 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README.win32,v 1.44 2003/02/14 01:01:26 guy Exp $ +$Id: README.win32,v 1.45 2003/04/07 22:39:25 guy Exp $ Installing Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32 ==================================================== @@ -191,10 +191,24 @@ In the ethereal directory, type "nmake -f makefile.nmake". It will recurse into the subdirectories as appropriate. Some generated source is created by traditionally "Unix-ish" tools. + If you are building from an official distribution, these files are -already generated, so you have nothing to worry about unless you -modify the source. If building from a CVS image, you'll need the tools -to generate C source. The "special" files and their requisite tools are: +already generated, although they were generated on a Unix-compatible +system. In most cases, the generated files can be used when building on +Windows, but the files listed below as being generated by Flex can be +used when building on Windows only when generated by a Windows version +of Flex, so you will need a Windows version of Flex to do a Windows +build. Those generated files are removed by the "cleanbld.bat" script, +to make sure that versions left over from a Unix build aren't used. + +If you are building from a modified version of an official distribution, +and you modified any of the source files listed below, you will need the +tool(s) that generate output from those source files. + +If building from a CVS image, you'll need all the tools to generate C +source. + +The "special" files and their requisite tools are: Source Output Tool ------ ------ ---- @@ -230,15 +244,17 @@ script is one process. This matters a lot on Win32. If you have a Unix system handy, you can first build on Unix to create most of the source files that these tools make, then run the build on Windows. That will avoid the need for these tools on your Windows -computer. (This won't work for the files in the "image" directory, +computer. This won't work for the files in the "image" directory, however, as those aren't built on Unix - they're only for Windows builds. It also won't work for the "config.h" files; whilst those are built for Unix, they're specific to the platform on which you're building, and the "config.h" files constructed for a Unix build will not -work with a Windows build.) +work with a Windows build. In addition, it won't work for the files +generated by Flex, as, for a Windows build, those have to be generated +by a Windows version of Flex. -If you don't have a Unix system handy, most of those tools are available for -Win32 systems as part of the Cygwin package: +Most of those tools are available for Win32 systems as part of the +Cygwin package: http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ |