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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2002-07-06 15:39:50 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2002-07-06 15:39:50 +0000
commit8afbfa52d5a95dc157e0116a199de48c287c0d5e (patch)
treebff1e4808c130525564e547d830702438e143f8b /README.win32
parent4809fcca339488fecdb08d7b18901c4a83af66f6 (diff)
Add a comment about using cmd.exe vs command.com.
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-$Id: README.win32,v 1.36 2002/07/02 19:27:40 guy Exp $
+$Id: README.win32,v 1.37 2002/07/06 15:39:50 gerald Exp $
Installing Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32
====================================================
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ downloaded from:
http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/zlib-1.1.3-fixed.zip
+Many of the file and directory names used in the build process go past the
+old 8.3 naming limitations. As a result, you should use the newer
+"cmd.exe" interpreter instead of the old "command.com".
+
Be sure that your command-line environment is set up to compile
and link with MSVC. When installing MSVC, you can have your
system's environment set up to always allow compiling from the