Issue 26986 - Build Guides confusing
Summary: Build Guides confusing
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Build Tools
Classification: Code
Component: documentation (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: All All
: P4 Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: quetschke
QA Contact: issues@tools
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Reported: 2004-03-26 07:38 UTC by utomo99
Modified: 2004-03-31 21:16 UTC (History)
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Description utomo99 2004-03-26 07:38:54 UTC 
Build guides about Microsoft Assembly compiler is not correct. 

Extra requirements for MS Visual C++ .net 2002: 

A Microsoft Assembly compiler. It is already installed to the same directory 
where the compiler is located (look for ML.EXE and ML.ERR). If you use the --
with-cl-home= configure option you also have to use the --with-asm-home= 
option pointing to the same location. 

It say look for ML.EXE and ML.ERR. The locations of ml.exe is 
vc7/bin
And 
--with-cl-home= configure option you also have to use the --with-asm-home= 
option pointing to the same location.

This is not correct as it makes configure fail with error 
configure: error: You need a mspdb?0.dll, make sure it's in the path or use --
with-mspdb-path

How about change to 
use --with-cl-home= pointing to VS.netDirectory/vc7 and --with-asm-home= 
pointing to VS.netDirectory/vc7/bin

and also please add Win xp
and notes that cygwin 1.5.6 and 1.5.7 having problems. 

Thanks
Comment 1 quetschke 2004-03-31 21:15:30 UTC 
Done.
Comment 2 quetschke 2004-03-31 21:16:32 UTC 
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