> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Hett [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: maandag 22 juni 2015 11:49
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: minor APR 1.5.2 build error on Windows
>
> Hi,
>
> I just tested building APR 1.5.2 from source on windows, following the
> instructions from the readme file.
>
> compiling (aka: nmake -f Makefile.win) succeeded without problems, but
> the following install command (aka: nmake -f Makefile.win PREFIX=FOO
> install) failed with return code 0x1:
>
> copy Release/libapr-1.pdb "..\apr-dist\bin\" <.y
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'copy' : return code '0x1'
> Stop.
>
> Without looking at the build script I assume that the PDB is not created
> for Release builds and therefore the file is missing.
>
> Maybe worth either adjusting the linker/compiler settings so the PDB is
> also generated in Release builds or adding a file-existence-check prior
> to the copy operation, so building doesn't issue that error?
>
> For me that's not a problem here. Just thought might be good to raise
> that point so that user experience with APR could be improved.
I would recommend looking at the cmake buildscripts for building APR on
Windows. This provides more options and supports more modern toolchains without
somebody having to maintain the makefiles manually. They might still be
experimental, but they work great for me.
Bert
