Changes between Version 117 and Version 118 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

Apr 11, 2011, 3:39:57 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Update tarball link, formatting fixes

BuildingWinPidgin

@@ -80 +80 @@
   You will also need to install [/static/win32/perl_5-10-0.tar.gz perl_5-10-0.tar.gz] under `$PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev` (Containing headers and import lib for mingw gcc).
 
-  Note: If while [http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started installing MinGW graphically (incl. MSYS)] you installed mingw-developer-toolkit, keep in mind that it installs msys-perl-bin - /bin/perl.exe - (5.6) which takes precedence over the (5.10 or newer) perl in your path, and that will cause problems! So, you will either need to:
-
-  * Remove the mingw-developer-toolkit supplied (older) perl (but MAKE SURE you have mingw-get-0.2-mingw32-alpha-3 or later as previous version had issue with unlink'ing/deleting files):
-{{{
+  * Note: If using MSYS and you installed the `mingw-developer-toolkit`, keep in mind that it installs `msys-perl-bin` (Perl 5.6) which takes precedence over the (5.10 or newer) perl in your path, and that will cause problems!  You will need to do one of the following:
+   * Remove the mingw-developer-toolkit supplied (older) perl (but MAKE SURE you have mingw-get-0.2-mingw32-alpha-3 or later as previous version had issue with unlink'ing/deleting files):
+{{{
+#!sh
 mingw-get remove msys-perl-bin
 }}}
-
-  _or_
-
-  * Set your ActivePerl 5.10 path before the former so that it takes precedence. Assuming you've installed in "c:\perl":
-{{{
+   * ''or'' Set your !ActivePerl 5.10 installation location at the beginning of the `PATH`.  Assuming it is installed in `c:\Perl`, put something like this in your `~/.bashrc`:
+{{{
+#!sh
 export PATH=/c/Perl/bin:$PATH
 }}}
@@ -131 +129 @@
 
 == Get the Pidgin source code ==
-  The source for Pidgin 2.7.7 is available [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.7.7.tar.bz2 here] (use the latest release if this isn't updated yet).[[BR]][[BR]]
+  The source for Pidgin 2.7.11 is available [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.7.11.tar.bz2 here] (use the latest release if this isn't updated yet).[[BR]][[BR]]
   The development source is available via monotone. See [wiki:UsingPidginMonotone] for more information.