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diff --git a/win/README b/win/README index d1092c3e969..b52e8134aba 100644 --- a/win/README +++ b/win/README @@ -13,13 +13,21 @@ a variety of project systems. This tool is combined with a set of jscript files to enable building of MySQL for Windows directly out of a bk clone. The steps required are below. -Step 1 +Step 1: +------- + +Install a Windows C++ compiler. If you don't have one, you can use +the free compiler "Visual C++ 2005 express edition", which from Cmake +point of view is same as Visual studio 8: +http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ + +Step 2 ------ Download and install CMake. It can be downloaded from http://www.cmake.org. Once it is installed, modify your path to make sure you can execute the cmake binary. -Step 2 +Step 3 ------ Download and install bison for Windows. It can be downloaded from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bison.htm. Please download using @@ -27,11 +35,15 @@ the link named "Complete package, excluding sources". This includes an installer that will install bison. After the installer finishes, modify your path so that you can execute bison. -Step 3 +(Alternative you, can take the sql_yacc.yy and sql_yacc.h files from a +matching mysql tar distribution and drop them into the sql directory just +before you start the build) + +Step 4 ------ Clone your bk tree to any location you like. -Step 4 +Step 5 ------ From the root of your bk clone, execute the command: win\configure <options>. The options right now are @@ -42,7 +54,6 @@ The options right now are WITH_BLACKHOLE_STORAGE_ENGINE WITH_EXAMPLE_STORAGE_ENGINE WITH_FEDERATED_STORAGE_ENGINE - WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE __NT__ Enable named pipe support MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=<suffix> Server suffix, default none COMPILATION_COMMENT=<comment> Server comment, default "Source distribution" @@ -53,17 +64,17 @@ So the command line could look like: win\configure WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=-pro -Step 5 +Step 6 ------ From the root of your bk clone, execute one of the batch files to generate the type of project files you desire. -For Visual Studio 8, do win\build-vs8. +For Visual Studio 8 (or Visual C++ 2005 express edition), do win\build-vs8. For Visual Studio 7.1, do win\build-vs71. We will support building with nmake in the near future. -Step 6 +Step 7 ------ From the root of your bk clone, start your build. |