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| author | David Wragg <david@rabbitmq.com> | 2010-11-14 22:43:21 +0000 |
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| committer | David Wragg <david@rabbitmq.com> | 2010-11-14 22:43:21 +0000 |
| commit | 56a9a6779917bf0dc4432a39dc9a533af65d12a2 (patch) | |
| tree | 1c3b07f7932f81d46a2117dbc732a92e1a1931de | |
| parent | af6356a9a6b0b964153fa2642a9b86dde2ee1939 (diff) | |
| download | rabbitmq-c-github-ask-bug23423.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/README.windows b/README.windows index 79a213b..836a3be 100644 --- a/README.windows +++ b/README.windows @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ There are two approaches to building rabbitmq-c under Windows: advantage is that the whole of rabbitmq-c can be built under Windows, including the tools. -- Build using Microsoft's C compiler. You still need to install +- Build using Microsoft's C compiler. You will still need to install MinGW/MSYS in order to run the rabbitmq-c build scripts, but - Microsoft's compiler is will be used to compile the code. The - resulting librabbitmq DLL can be used from code compiled with - Microsoft's C compiler (i.e. code developed in Visual Studio). - However, the rabbitmq-c tools cannot be built in this way, due to + Microsoft's compiler is used to compile the code. The resulting + librabbitmq DLL can be used from code compiled with Microsoft's C + compiler (i.e. code developed in Visual Studio). The downside to + this approach is that the rabbitmq-c tools cannot be built, due to dependencies on other libraries. @@ -74,13 +74,22 @@ The Microsoft C/C++ compiler is part of MS Visual Studio, including the gratis Visual Studio Express. Visual Studio 2005 and higher are known to work. -After following the steps in the previous section, build rabbitmq-c by -running the script in `rabbitmq-c/etc/build-ms.sh`: +Start by following the steps in the previous section. The GNU build +tools have limited support for Microsoft toolchain, but the +install-mingw.sh script will install versions of the packages that are +known to be suitable. In particular, only libtool version 2.2.7a is +known to work; later versions have been reported to introduce +problems. + +Once you are at the bash prompt, build rabbitmq-c by running the +script in `rabbitmq-c/etc/build-ms.sh`: bash-3.1$ etc/build-ms.sh -You should end up with a directory `build` containing the built -artifacts. +You should end up with a directory `build` containing the librabbitmq +DLL, the corresponding .lib file, and header files. These are +sufficient to create applications using librabbitmq within Visual +Studio. ## Building rabbitmq-c with gcc |