Changes between Version 97 and Version 98 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

Mar 12, 2010, 9:54:12 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Update Perl instructions to reflect that EXTUTILS variable isn't present anymore.

BuildingWinPidgin

@@ -49 +49 @@
    * gcc-core 4.4.0 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download bin] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
   * Extract all of the above downloaded files directly into the `win32-dev/mingw` directory.
-  * You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your PATH.[[BR]]
+  * You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your `PATH`.[[BR]]
    For Example (You can add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file (create the file if it doesn't exist yet)):
 {{{
@@ -74 +74 @@
 
 === Perl 5.10 ===
-  Install Perl 5.10 for Windows (I use [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ ActivePerl]), to `c:\Perl`.
-  If you install Perl anywhere else, you will need to override the `PERL` and `EXTUTILS` variables in your `pidgin/local.mak` file.
+  Install Perl 5.10 (I use [http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ ActivePerl]), and make sure it is in your `PATH`.
+  If you don't have Perl in your `PATH`, you will need to override the `PERL` variable in your `pidgin/local.mak` file.
   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).
 
@@ -127 +127 @@
 
   * If you want to build the Pidgin installer, do the following (skip to the `make` command below if you chose to use the Build Environment Fetcher):
-    * Download and install [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download NSIS]. Include NSIS to your PATH.
+    * Download and install [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download NSIS]. Include NSIS to your `PATH`.
      *  For information on the NSIS installer, visit the [http://nsis.sourceforge.net NSIS website].[[BR]]
     * Download the [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Nsisunz_plug-in nsisunz plugin], and extract `nsisunz.dll` into the `Plugins` directory of your NSIS installation.
@@ -178 +178 @@
 MAKENSIS := /usr/bin/makensis
 MAKENSISOPT := -
-PERL := /usr/bin/perl
-EXTUTILS := /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils
 WINDRES := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-windres
 STRIP := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-strip