--- a/contrib/win32/win32-build.txt Thu May 03 17:24:43 2007 -0500
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32-build.txt Thu May 03 17:26:21 2007 -0500
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
It has the following prerequisites, at least as I build it:
Python for Windows
- http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/python-2.4.1.msi
+ http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/python-2.4.3.msi
MinGW
http://www.mingw.org/
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
Inno Setup
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
- ISTool
+ ISTool - optional
http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/
add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file)
@@ -35,13 +35,37 @@
In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program:
- python setup.py build -c mingw32 py2exe -b 1
+ python setup.py build -c mingw32
+ python setup.py py2exe -b 1
+
+Note: the previously suggested combined command of "python setup.py build -c
+mingw32 py2exe -b 1" doesn't work correctly anymore as it doesn't include the
+extensions in the mercurial subdirectory.
-Copy mfc71.dll and add_path.exe into the dist directory that just
-got created.
+If you want to create a file named setup.cfg with the contents:
+
+[build]
+compiler=mingw32
+
+you can skip the first build step.
+
+Copy mfc71.dll and add_path.exe into the dist directory that just got created.
-Run ISTool, and open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
-file.
+If you use ISTool, you open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
+file and type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file.
+
+Otherwise you run the Inno Setup compiler. Assuming it's on the path you run:
+
+ iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
+
+The actual installer will be in the C:\hg\hg-release\Output directory.
-In ISTool, type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file. The actual
-installer will be in the C:\hg\hg-release\Output directory.
+To automate the steps above you may want to create a batchfile based on the
+following:
+
+ echo [build] > setup.cfg
+ echo compiler=mingw32 >> setup.cfg
+ python setup.py py2exe -b 1
+ iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
+
+and run it from the root of the hg repository (c:\hg\hg-release).