From ee58ada474828318472f5620940f1516efe80024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chun-wei Fan Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:34:55 +0800 Subject: README.msvc: Inform to disable tests on older MSVC The test programs have been written in C99, which will not work on older Visual Studio (pre-2013), so let people know that they may want to build without the tests in this situation. --- README.msvc | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.msvc') diff --git a/README.msvc b/README.msvc index 5855c487..86447e0b 100644 --- a/README.msvc +++ b/README.msvc @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ To do a build using Meson, do the following: python $(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR)\scripts\meson.py $(LIBSOUP_SRCDIR) --buildtype=$(build_configuration) --prefix=$(INSTALL_PREFIX) -Dsysprof=disabled [--backend=vs] Also pass in -Dgssapi=false if not building with GSSAPI support. + For pre-Visual Studio 2013, pass in -Dtests=false, since the tests are written in + C99 syntax. Please see the Meson docs for an explanation for --buildtype, the path passed for --prefix need not to be on the same drive as where the build is carried out, but -- cgit v1.2.1