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diff --git a/MSVC.README.rst b/MSVC.README.rst index a666f59d..06cdf75f 100644 --- a/MSVC.README.rst +++ b/MSVC.README.rst @@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ You will need the following, in addition to your Visual Studio installation: as they run on your system. Set PATH to contain your Python-3.4.x+ interpreter, Ninja build tool (if needed) and -winflex/flex and Bison executables towards its end. - -Note that if you plan to use g-ir-scanner for other packages built using Meson, you -need to use the same Python release series (3.4, 3.5...) for running Meson there as -well. +winflex/flex and Bison executables towards its end. Please note that if using Python +2.7.x (such as with the case of building with Visual Studio 2008), the PATH variable +needs to contain the native Windows Python 2.7.x installation path as well, before +the path where the Flex and Bison executables are, if using the Flex and Bison +executables from MSYS2 or Cygwin, as the copy of the Python interpreter from MSYS2 +and Cygwin will likely conflict with the installation of the native Windows Python +2.7.x. Please note that building against MSYS2 or Cygwin Python with Visual Studio +builds is not (and will likely never be) supported. Open a Visual Studio command prompt and create an empty build directory (which needs to be on the same drive as the G-I sources). In that directory, run the following:: @@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ DLL filename for Cairo-GObject that is built with MinGW/mingw-w64. The -Dpython is likely necessary when using multiple Python installations on the system and is necessary when building with Visual Studio 2008~2013 when building with later versions of Meson (which requires Python 3.5+), due to CRT differences. +Note that for this setting, Python-2.7.x or Python-3.4.x or later is supported. When Meson completes configuring and generating the build files, proceed building using Ninja or the generated Visual Studio projects. |