Mercurial > hg
changeset 4401:d1dd16256114
Update Windows build instructions.
| author | Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> |
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| date | Thu, 03 May 2007 14:09:09 -0700 |
| parents | 80d3f6f0d8e5 |
| children | 249e2603324c |
| files | contrib/win32/win32-build.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/contrib/win32/win32-build.txt Wed Apr 25 13:35:18 2007 -0500 +++ b/contrib/win32/win32-build.txt Thu May 03 14:09:09 2007 -0700 @@ -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).