I see. Let me give that a whirl

> On Nov 23, 2020, at 3:58 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Rob,
> 
> You shouldn't need to install any version of Visual Studio. The CMSC
> uses some freely distributable VS2008 components.
> 
> You should be able to just use the latest CMSC binary distribution from
> GitHUb.
> 
> I think the Tomcat instructions are based on building the CMSC from
> source. I don't know whether binary distributions weren't being provided
> when I set up my build environment, whether I missed that they were
> available of whether I wanted to build it from source for integrity reasons.
> 
> If you want to go the build your own route, I have tried to expand on
> the instructions at:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Common+Native+Build+Environment
> 
> although it is probably simpler just to use a binary distribution of
> CMSC from github.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
>> On 22/11/2020 17:15, Rob Tompkins wrote:
>> @Mark - are you using VS2008 on windows 10? I’m trying to piece together the 
>> build environment from this line:
>> 
>> https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/src/native/windows/README.txt#L31-L32
>> 
>> refrencing Mladen Turk's repo
>> 
>> https://github.com/mturk/cmsc/tree/cb6be932c8c95a46262a64a89e68aae620dfdcee 
>> <https://github.com/mturk/cmsc/tree/cb6be932c8c95a46262a64a89e68aae620dfdcee>
>> 
>> suggesting using Visual Studio 2008 with "cl is 15.00.21022.08,” which I 
>> can’t find a windows 10 installer for. That said, you have
>> the documentation for buildling the tomcat binaries 
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Common+Native+Build+Environment
>>  
>> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Common+Native+Build+Environment>
>>  which again references Turk’s repo with a later commit “132baba36” and 
>> using Windows 10, but Turk still says to use Visual Studio 2008. If I 
>> install the latest windows visual studio installation and run the nmake I do 
>> get files generated out of the “nmake” commands, but I’m still consistently 
>> unable to run Turk’s “setenv.bat /x86”.
>> 
>> Personally I want to understand what’s going on here, but this is definitely 
>> a build environmen that is quite foreign to me. I don’t want to hold up the 
>> release of Daemon 1.2.4 with my lack of aptitude in the “C” build 
>> departments.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> -Rob
>> 
>>>> On Nov 19, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’m going to have to say that building and releasing daemon isn’t very 
>>> clear to me as to how to proceed. The documentation that we do have namely: 
>>> https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/HOWTO-RELEASE.txt 
>>> <https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/HOWTO-RELEASE.txt>, 
>>> and 
>>> https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/src/native/windows/README.txt
>>>  
>>> <https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/src/native/windows/README.txt>
>>>  aren’t enough help for me to get the C portion of the project to build in 
>>> windows appropriately. 
>>> 
>>> @Mark - I’m happy to validate the RC, but given my problems building the 
>>> project generally, I don’t know my +1 is actually of any service because 
>>> there’s far more here than I originally thought.
>>> 
>>> All that said, I will continue to play around with the linux build for the 
>>> time being as to understand it more. But, I don’t think that you guys 
>>> should wait for me to do the build for this 1.2.4 release because I’m going 
>>> to be too slow.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Rob
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 2:53 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org 
>>>>>> <mailto:ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 15/11/2020 22:36, Rob Tompkins wrote:
>>>>>>> So this is my first time in here. You build both unix and windows 
>>>>>>> binaries? Do you normally do this using windows linux subsystem as a 
>>>>>>> mechanism to get both sets of binaries from a single machine or do you 
>>>>>>> perform two builds?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I do the majority of the release from a Linux box, following the steps
>>>>>> in /HOWTO-RELEASE.txt.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I build the the Windows binaries on a Windows VM and transfer the files.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We don't provide binaries for any other platform.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The unix source does require buildconf to be run which is why I do the
>>>>>> majority of the release on Linux.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I see. Thanks. Will try to get it built today.
>>>> 
>>>> Just an update….still finding around with the windows build in-between my 
>>>> day-job activities. 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Rob
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Rob
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Nov 14, 2020, at 3:53 PM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Nov 14, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org 
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 13/11/2020 19:19, Rob Tompkins wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hm….don’t have a windows machine laying around. Could maybe use AWS 
>>>>>>>>>> to stand up something like that for the release.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I can build and sign the Windows binaries for you once you have a tag.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Will work on this tomorrow
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 13, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Rob,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>>>>>>>>> Do you have access to a Windows PC or VM?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 13:28 Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> If I recall correctly, I offered to do the next release when the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> time came
>>>>>>>>>>>> in order to set up the release plugin. @MarkT - let me know what 
>>>>>>>>>>>> you’re
>>>>>>>>>>>> thinking.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 13, 2020, at 1:14 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all & markt,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts on getting the recent fixes out in a release sooner 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rather
>>>>>>>>>>>>> than later?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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