Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of BuildingWinNSS

Timestamp:

Mar 12, 2010, 6:59:37 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

bviktor

Comment:

some supplementary info about the gcc failure and x64 build; mingw installer is outdated; cosmetics

BuildingWinNSS

@@ -11 +11 @@
  1. '''Get NSS:'''  Download [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_12_5_RTM/src/nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2.tar.gz NSS with NSPR 3.12.5]. Extract it to `c:\devel\pidgin-devel\win32-dev`.
  1. '''Get MozillaBuild:'''  Download [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-1.4.exe MozillaBuild 1.4] and install it to `c:\devel\mozilla-build`.
- 1. '''Get MinGW''':  This assumes that you have MinGW working as described in the [wiki:BuildingWinPidgin#Themanualway Pidgin Building Instructions] (in short, you need [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/ MinGW] installed with at least gcc).
+ 1. '''Get MinGW''':  This assumes that you have MinGW working as described in the [wiki:BuildingWinPidgin#Themanualway Pidgin Building Instructions].
 
-== Choose build flavour ==
+== Choose build configuration ==
 
 The 3 most important options are:
@@ -21 +21 @@
 
 You can toggle them with environmental variables. Here's the matrix:
-   {{{
-#!comment
-|| ||BUILD_OPT=0||BUILD_OPT=0||BUILD_OPT=1||BUILD_OPT=1||
-|| ||USE_DEBUG_RTL=0||USE_DEBUG_RTL=1||USE_DEBUG_RTL=0||USE_DEBUG_RTL=1||
-||OS_TARGET=WIN95||WIN954.0_DBG.OBJ||WIN954.0_DBG.OBJD||WIN954.0_OPT.OBJ||N/A||
-||OS_TARGET=WINNT||WINNT6.1_DBG.OBJ||WINNT6.1_DBG.OBJD||WINNT6.1_OPT.OBJ||N/A||
-   }}}
    {{{
 #!rst
@@ -46 +39 @@
 The default values are 0 for numerical variables and current OS for OS_TARGET. So on Windows 7 with no values set you'll end up building WINNT6.1_DBG.OBJ.
 
-Pick the desired configuration (in other words, cell), and set the environmental variables with `set`. Example:
+Pick the desired configuration (in other words, cell), and set the environmental variables. In the Windows command prompt you can do this with `set`. Example:
    {{{
 set BUILD_OPT=1
@@ -138 +131 @@
 }}}
 
-The build will likely not complete successfully (it will bail out building `.../cmd/bltest`).  If it gets that far, it has built the various libraries successfully.
+The build will likely not complete successfully due to hardcoded library paths and other problems in the build system (it will bail out building `.../cmd/bltest`).  If it gets that far, it has already built the various libraries successfully.
 
-The resulting binaries will be placed in `c:\devel\pidgin-devel\win32-dev\nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2\mozilla\dist`. The contents of `private` and `public` are the same across all flavours so they can be distributed separately.
+The resulting binaries will be placed in `c:\devel\pidgin-devel\win32-dev\nss-3.12.5-with-nspr-4.8.2\mozilla\dist`. The contents of `private` and `public` are the same across all configurations so they can be distributed separately.
 
 == Build x64 NSS ==
@@ -150 +143 @@
   * Visual C++ Compilers
   * Win32 Development Tools
- 1. Start `Microsoft Windows SDK v7.0/CMD Shell` from the Start Menu. Don't be bothered by the message about target, it won't affect this build. If it really annoys you, you can tweak it with `setenv` (query flags with `setenv /?`).
+ 1. Start `Microsoft Windows SDK v7.0/CMD Shell` from the Start Menu. Target should be x64 (that's the default). If, for some reason, it's x86, set it with
+   {{{
+setenv /x64
+   }}}
+   Other options won't affect this build.
  1. Find a way to include `moztools\bin` and `msys\bin` in PATH.
- 1. Set build flavour as before, and additionally add the following:
+ 1. Set build configuration as before, and additionally add the following:
    {{{
 set USE_64=1